Sept 22,2011YAY!! The Hermitage! The reason for deciding to make this trip. 3,000,000 art items in one place...a daunting task but we managed to see A LOT and certainly saw the things we most wanted to see. We had a guided tour for about 2 1/2 hours then were on our own for another couple hours. Enough to hit that museum tolerance wall but we felt really accomplished at the end. The building itself is a museum since it is the historic Winter Palace of Catherine the great who began the collection of art that became the Hermitage.
Had just enough time for a quick lunch before taking a boat tour of St. Petersburg on the city's rivers and canals. And what did we eat??? Indian food, of course. A couple of hours to see the architecture of St. Petersburg from a different vantage point that was cold but a nice perspective.
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