Day 11 (cont.) - The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The magnificent Hermitage.

Note in the pictures above and below that the pattern is exactly the same on the floor and the ceiling directly above.

This palace was built for the many paintings that Catherine the Great acquired during her reign.

This is a peacock clock.

The face of the clock is on a small mushroom in front of the peacock's perch.

A table.

Check out the codpiece on this suit of armor.

That's one big punch bowl.

This hall exhibited some of Rembrandt's works.

A budoir.

A vase of malachite.

Fuzzy, Rex and Micki outside the Winter Palace.

We exited the Hermitage onto Red Square.

There was some sort of cross-country roller-skiing event going on.