A Night at Catherines Palace

The Hermitage in St Petersburg

This was amazing to see and these are just a few photos. It is really sensory overload and we did not have the best guide. But what we couldn't get over is that with the original Da Vinci's and Monets and all the other priceless pieces, the windows were open, direct sun on these paintings and oil paintings behind glass. You did not have to wear the protective booties and the inlaid wood pictures were from the floor, yet we went to places with scared up wood floors and had to wear the booties.

Dinner in Moscow

Red Square in Moscow

Moscow

some explanation

On the pictures below the Vasa was a ship that sank right after it left the dock in Stockholm. Three hundred and thirty three years later it was found and pulled out of the sea almost completely intact. It really was amazing to see. We just kept saying this would not have been the time you would want to be the messenger to tell the king that the ship, that was suppose to come pick him up with a bunch of other high ranking people, had sunk in the harbor. We were told it was because they had added another level though the ship builders had told them it was a bad idea.

more Stockholm

Stockholm

London

London

My goal

So my goal this weekend is to finally get my pictures (some of them) on this blog. I'm putting them together by city and hopefully then to a slide show. I took this trip in June we went to London then flew to Stockholm where we boarded the Crystal Symphony for the Baltic cruise. Frank and I appreciate Lyndon and Peggy for arranging everything we realize we are two very lucky people not just because of the trip but because we always have so much fun with them. So hopefully I will get this right and anyone who wants to see (or maybe be bored) can view pictures from our trip.