If I don’t
hurry up and get St. Petersburg entries done on this blog we will be in
Moscow! I will continue to blame it on
the slow or non-existent (at times) internet connection. We thoroughly enjoyed St. Petersburg and I
have written and provided pictures of the major things we did. Some of the other things we did or saw
follow.
We went to
the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.
It was a program of Russian music.
Lois didn’t particularly enjoy it as she found the music very heavy and
loud, however, I did enjoy it. I do
think part of the loudness for Lois was the fact we were sitting very close to
the front.
The symphony
hall was very old and ornate - quite different from our halls at home. Also they left the lights on throughout the
concert.
St. Petersburg Symphony Concert Hall
St. Petersburg Symphony Concert Hall
We toured the
Russian Museum. It is dedicated to
Russian art. It was created because it
was felt the Hermitage ignored Russian art.
It proved to be very interesting and showed the influence of western art
on Russian art. One of the best parts
was that it was not crowded and you could enjoy the art.
The Russian Museum
A highlight
for us was touring the Faberge Museum.
It has only been open since last Nov. and is in a beautiful old palace
that has been carefully restored. Tours
of it are in very small groups so it wasn’t crowded. The only way we could get in was to join a
Russian Tour but we rented an audio devise in English. We were able to see up closely many fabulous
Faberge pieces as well as 8 Faberge Eggs.
I could not take pictures here.
We did attend
another ballet (Swan Lake) as part of our cruise. It was good but not of the same caliber as
what we saw at the Marinsky.
I also
attended a Cossack Dance performance but Lois decided to skip it.
Cossack Dancers and Singers
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