White Nights and Dark Days at St. Petersburg
May 21st 2010 The Hermitage
Did I see the darkness of night while we were at St. Petersburg during the second week of May? Not at all, because it was light when I woke up very early in the morning (about 4:30 AM) and it was still light when I went to bed very late at night. (about 1:00 AM)
However, the word ‘light’ should be taken here to mean a weak, insipid fluorescence filtering through the dark clouds
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