Comments | footprint_23: Global footprints

footprint_23

Global footprints

Feb 24, 2011 20:45

Here are some pictures of the outside of The Hermitage in St Petersburg - formerly the Winter Palace of the Russian Royal Family now part museum part art gallery - especially for bubblebear79.

( Piccies under here, sorry they're huge this time... )

russia, travel

Comments 4

bubblebear79 February 24 2011, 17:19:16 UTC

Oh my word! Thank you so much! My students are really going to like this, and I've found a way to not find a DW reference, I'm not going to teach them about the Musee De Orrsay (gosh I hope I spelled that right) because a lot of Van Gogh's paintings are there.

footprint_23 February 25 2011, 06:57:15 UTC

No worries. I have no idea if that's spelled right - Van Gogh is one of my absolute favourite artists

usakiwigirl February 24 2011, 19:37:38 UTC

That is so spectacular. I've got my fingers crossed that we get the chance to see this when we move, if not, that we can go to St. Pete as our next assignment. It's always been a dream of mine to visit.

footprint_23 February 25 2011, 06:55:59 UTC

You've gotta go, I loved the romanticism of place (as opposed to the government, military feel of Moscow). The city has so many great stories - though, because its Russia, most of them end with ...and then they died