We had an early morning today. We are off to Peterhof which is an hour’s
drive through heavy traffic. At least it
is a beautiful day.
We enjoyed our visit to the “Summer Palace”. Lots of tourists especially Chinese which our
guide did not like.
A Russian Orthodox church enroute to Peterhof
Entrance to Peterhof
First glimpse of the palace - beautiful and lots of gold
The Peterhof Palace
Beautiful manicured gardens
Entrance to Peterhof Palace - long line but we got there early!
Peterhof Palace
The gardens and fountains are spectacular - the River Neva in the distance
Beautiful gilded gold statues in the gardens
Panorama of the gardens and fountains at Peterhof
We couldn’t take any pictures inside. But she gave us an informative tour of the
Peterhof Palace and then we went to the gardens about 10:45 am and got a place
at the wall. The fountains are turned on
at 11 am. There is gold everywhere and
the fountains are lovely.
We walked to the orangerie, the grotto, and other gardens
where we had not visited previously. We
then returned to the bus but 2 women got lost and we had to wait for them. It took another hour to get back to the ship.
At the Peterhof Fountains
Outside Peterhof Palace
The Peterhof Fountains
Fountains at Peterhof Palace
Panorama of the Peterhof Fountains
Chapel at Peterhof
The fountains
The grotto at Peterhof
The grotto at Peterhof
Fountains throughout the gardens
The Orangerie at Peterhof
We went to lunch at the grill on the pool deck and ate with
Linda and Chris from Durham. He worked
in the George McGovern campaign in 1972.
We met them on Voyager last year.
We took a well-deserved nap and did some reading. Tim exercised.
We went to Observation for drinks. We changed our reservation to 7 pm so we can
go to the show. We had a sharing table
with Jim, Mary, and their granddaughter Heather from just outside of DC. Delicious dinner in Prime 7. Fun conversation and very enjoyable
people. They are on the next cruise with
us as well so we’ll see much more of them.
We went to the show and hooted and hollered for the dancers
– especially Gemma and Alex. It was the
same show we had seen before on Voyager last year but still enjoyable. The dancers and singers are very good again.
We had an after dinner drink and then went to bed.
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