Winter Palace St Petersburg

The Winter Palace in St Petersburg now houses the Hermitage Museum Collection. It is beautiful and is also an example of how artists can trick us. The marble columns are fake marble, some of the wooden decorations are fake and many of the ceilings appear curved but are actually flat. All is not what it appears to be!! remember we are in Russia!

Baltic cruise, Self drive Norway, Golfing and family history research in UK

May 27th 2015
Europe 2015 Blog 1 Monday 15 June – Early wake up call at 4.15 for the neighbours to drive us to the airport. Just as we arrived at the airport we received a text message to say our flight to Sydney had been cancelled. Ignoring the message we bowled into the airport to see what our options were. Two seats were available on the 6 am flight to Sydney. Problem fixed and all luggage (2 suitc ... read more

Europe » Norway » Eastern Norway » Oslo

Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more

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