St. Petersburg Russia

This weekend I took a trip to St. Petersburg, Russia. It is a 500 mile trip one way and takes a little over 4 hours on a train. Arriving late on Friday night allowed me to have a full day of sights on Saturday. My first sight was a visit to Peterhof Palace which was the property of Peter the Great, founder of St. Petersburg.

Fact - St Petersburg was once called Leningrad from 1924-1991.

Fact - It used to be the capital of Russia until the Russian Revolution of 1917.

The 2nd sight was St. Isaac's Catherdral which is one of the world's largest and most ornate catherdrals.

Our 3rd site was the Peter & Paul Fortress - St. Petersburg first settlement.

On Sunday we had time to visit one of the most famous museums in St. Petersburg - The Hermitage. They boast over 3 million pieces of art dating from several centuries BC up to the 18th century. The picture below is taken from the left side of the Hermitage building (pictured above).

The image below is of the "gold room" in the Hermitage Museum.