Today we went to the Hermitage. I'd forgotten how beautiful it was. But as I walked through the rooms, some memories from long ago were aroused. I could spend a whole day just wandering around in there. Unfortunately, we didn't have a whole day. But it was something. Of course, pictures can never really capture the awe and beauty experienced in real life, but here are some anyway. :) We had to pay 200 rubles for a sticker that said we could take pictures, but it was SOOOO worth it. ;) Enjoy!
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| You are probably getting pretty fed up with all these pictures of trees. But they are just SO beautiful! This is in the courtyard of the Hermitage. |
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| The beginning of a few of my favourite paintings. This is a Van Gogh. |
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| Another Van Gogh... |
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| A mosaic on the floor of the Pavilion hall. |
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| The floor of the Pavilion hall. |
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| The chandelier in the Pavilion hall. |
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| AWESOME woodworking! |
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| This painting, called "The Marsh" is one of my favourites. At first glance it reminded me so much of the forest of Fangorn as I imagine it that I had to take a picture. THEN I decided I liked it.... :) |
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| Birds |
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| Incredible wood floors. Actually, this is pretty simple compared to what's coming. |
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| Photographer's daughter... taking pictures of the ceiling. |
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| More birds. |
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| KNIGHTS!!! REAL MEDIEVAL SUITS OF ARMOUR SITTING ON STUFFED HORSES!!!! |
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| Medieval swords. I saw some broadswords that were as tall as a suit of armour!! That's taller than I am. Imagine even holding a sword like that? |
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| another INCREDIBLE floor! |
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| More awesome floors... |
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| Another representation of my mental picture of Fangorn. |
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| Guess what this is: never mind. It's a FLOOR. |
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| More floors. Guess what my favourite part of the museum was? |
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| What's this one? Ummm.... A FLOOR??? |
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| When we went to the Palace square a couple days ago, Lucy saw a lady dressed up as Catherine the Great. From that moment, she decided. "I MUST be a queen. I MUST!!" When we went to the Hermitage, she took one look and said, "I have to live here. I MUST live here!" Funny girl. Anyway, we found this poster of queen Lucy. |
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| Oh and the gallant King Andrei. |
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| There might be some competition for the throne here.... |
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| Uh-oh.... this is gonna get messy. |
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| But there is only one queen of his heart. The noble queen Doris. |
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