As much as none of us are real art connoisseurs, we couldn't come to St Petersburg and not go to the Hermitage. On our way to the museum, we stopped at St Issac's Cathedral to climb the colonnade to get a view of the city.
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| St Issac's Cathedral |
It so cold on top of the cathedral that my camera battery died, but the views were great. There are no tall buildings in St Petersburg, and it is very flat so you can see for miles and miles.
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| View from the top of the Cathedral collonade |
Next, to the Hermitage. We bought our tickets in advance to avoid standing out in the cold waiting in line. The whole museum complex is pretty overwhelming, so we followed the Rick Steve's self-guided tour of the highlights. Even still, we spent the whole afternoon in the museum.
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| In one of the many ballrooms |
The winter palace is so opulent, room after room of gold, chandeliers and giant oil paintings. I can see how a revolution started here.
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| Baby with no socks |
Jasper did really well in the museum, he slept in the carrier most of the time and was happy to look around when awake. His socks kept falling off, so eventually we just pocked them and let him go barefoot. The Russian women who work in the museum were very concerned about Jasper getting cold feet. There is one museum attendant in every room to make sure no one touches the art. Most of them would come over and play with Jasper and then scold us in Russian for not having socks on him (or so we figured from their tone and gestures).
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| Hermitage at night |
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