Elbrus Expedition Dispatch
June 26, 2016 – Full day of sightseeing in Saint Petersburg
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