Elbrus Expedition Dispatch

We finally got a picture of Betsy and John

We were back at Palace Square with the entire team. It was only a few hours ago that we were watching the fireworks from this location. Now is time to Tour the Hermitage!

Mosaic of Catherine the Great

Unfinished Michalengo called "Crouching Boy"

Madonna Benois by Da Vinci

The large malachite vase is located in the Malachite Room (Alexander Briullov, 1839). The room served as the state drawing-room of Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna, the wife of Nicholas I.

Betsy and Dale

Our Team at the Hermitage

By the middle of the afternoon an iPhone app showed that we had walked 10.5 miles in Saint Petersburg. We continued and Todd caculated that we had covered a half - marathon distance of 13 miles walking on our tour today.

After a more nearly 10 hours of walking around the city we boarded a boat to tour the waterways of Saint Petersburg at 8:00 PM.

Betsy

Brad

Lina describing the sites from our boat

Betsy and Jean

Barry and Jean on the boat