Days In Our Lives: St. Petersburg Russia

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The amazing Peacock Clock, made from 14 carat gold, fans its tail and moves about on the hour.

The Hermitage is filled with huge paintings like this one.

Small painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452

One of the many sculptures

At 9:42 PM, The Old and the Restless said...: It's amazing that you were allowed to take photos of the art!
At 10:06 PM, Unknown said...: Just once I took a picture while resting my elbow on the edge of a table and I had this Russian lady come flying at me waving a piece of paper and shouting something (probably nyet). Had me scared but I wasn't aware that I had done anything wrong....
At 10:51 AM, far north fagans said...: Yes, you could have ended up in a goolag, or some such form of incarceration!!!
The golden peacock looks very impressive.