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The view from our hotel in Saint Petersburg
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Winter Palace, home of the State Hermitage Museum
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Bollisters
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Egyptian pyramid topper
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Sculpture
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Head above the rest
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Open wide!
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Young philosopher
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You will never be this badass
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The best part about the Hermitage was the building itself
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Painted vaulted ceilings
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Carved python
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...this...
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Frescoed ceilings
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Detail
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Detail
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Gaudy everything
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Detail
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Cupid and Psyche
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Butterfly
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More ceiling detail
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Wall fresco
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Ceiling
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Helmets
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Plaster armor replicas
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The Tsarina's throne
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Chandelier
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Carve all the things!
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Palace Square, with Alexander Column in the center
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Russian Generals
