The Hermitage

I picked the wrong city to quit smoking

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September 28th 2007
I made it in last night. The city itself looks like it been covered in a fine film of potters slag, so dirty. But the Hermitage is amazing and once you are here it is so cheap. I spent half the day looking for the hermitage and the second half going through it, I coming back tomorrow. There is just so much to see. Wish Irene was here, I really want a massage, but don't want to end up in a ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more