Pushkin feeds us

Sept 21, 2011

Drove out of town to the town of Pushkin (named for....) to see Catherine's palace and gardens. The 16 mi drive out was very picturesque with the fall colors beginning to be apparent. This lady knew how to live. Looked a bit like Versailles including the great formal garden. One of the rooms is completely walled in amber and with amber encrusted furniture everywhere. No photos are allowed in the amber room. The palace is the world's longest. We have only one photo because of a camera tragedy that occurred late in the day in which the camera disappeared, presumably pickpocketed. The camera happened to be the one of the primary photographer so we are left with one not very good photo of the Catherine palace.

We returned to town in time to walk to the "Literaturnoye Cafe", a place that Pushkin liked and literary types used as a hangout over the past 200 years. We had an excellent meal in very interesting, historic surroundings (photographic documentation GONE.) Afterwards we walked A LOT to see more of the city.