From the sublime to the chaotic
August 26th 2008 Geo: 55.75, 37.62I am in Moscow having spent 6 days now in Russia. The highlight of our second day in St Petersburg was a trip to the town of Pushkin where one of the summer palaces, Catherine's palace is located. This was originally built for Catherine 1, second wife of Peter the Great. He tried to emulate Versailles so there are many elegant and golden rooms. It took about an hour to driv
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