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| | =St Petersburg 25 - 30 May 2006= | | =St Petersburg 25 - 30 May 2006= |
| | *Some information on our holiday : [[St petersburg in May]] | | *Some information on our holiday : [[St petersburg in May]] |
| − | *[http://geilenkotten.homeunix.org/cgi-bin/sp2006.cgi auto generated link with just the pics] | + | *[http://geilenkotten.homeunix.org/cgi-bin/sp2006.cgi auto generated link with ALL the pics (lower quality)] |
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| | |[[Image:2006_05_25_17_05_14.jpg|none|thumb|300px|The Bronze Horseman]] | | |[[Image:2006_05_25_17_05_14.jpg|none|thumb|300px|The Bronze Horseman]] |
| − | |[[Image:2006_05_25_18_53_42.jpg|300px|none|thumb|300px|The inner courtyard of our appartment]] | + | |[[Image:2006_05_25_18_53_42.jpg|300px|none|thumb|300px|The inner courtyard of our appartment]] [http://ca.bestessays.com/ essay] |
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| | |[[Image:2006_05_26_09_02_55.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Charlotte and some young soldiers from one of the Military Academies]] | | |[[Image:2006_05_26_09_02_55.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Charlotte and some young soldiers from one of the Military Academies]] |
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| | |[[Image:2006_05_26_16_44_27.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Emily and Charlotte playing with their Matrushka dolls]] | | |[[Image:2006_05_26_16_44_27.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Emily and Charlotte playing with their Matrushka dolls]] |
| − | |[[Image:panoramic.jpg|900px]] Panoramic of Catherine's Palace at Tsarskoe Selo]] | + | |[[Image:panoramic.jpg|none|thumb|900px|Panoramic of Catherine's Palace at Tsarskoe Selo]] |
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| | |[[Image:2006_05_27_09_23_44.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Chapel at Catherine's Palace]] | | |[[Image:2006_05_27_09_23_44.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Chapel at Catherine's Palace]] |
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| − | |[[Image:2006_05_29_12_09_11.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Private theatre: Yusupov Place]] | + | |[[Image:2006_05_29_12_09_11.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Private theatre: Yusupov Palace]] |
| − | |[[Image:2006_05_29_12_12_21.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Yusupov Place]] | + | |[[Image:2006_05_29_12_12_21.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Yusupov Palace]] |
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| | |[[Image:2006_05_29_14_12_50.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Boat trip: Moika Canal]] | | |[[Image:2006_05_29_14_12_50.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Boat trip: Moika Canal]] |
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 Emily outside Sint Isaac's Cathedral |
 Emily outside Sint Isaac's Cathedral |
 The park outside Sint Isaac's Cathedral |
 The park outside Sint Isaac's cathedral |
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 The inner courtyard of our appartment |
 Charlotte and some young soldiers from one of the Military Academies |
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 Dvortsovaya Place with Peter and Catherine |
 Dvortsovaya Place: Emily with Peter |
Dvortsovaya Place: Emily with Peter |
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 The Neva River with the austere ex-KGB offices in the background |
 Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul: the Romanovs burial vaults |
 Church of the Saviour on the Blood |
 Church of the Saviour on the Blood |
 Church of the Saviour on the Blood: bullet holes left as a reminder of The Blockade 1941-44 |
 Church of the Saviour on the Blood looking from the Mikhailovsky Gardens |
 The Russian Musem, Mikhailovsky Gardens |
 Emily and Charlotte playing with their Matrushka dolls |
 Panoramic of Catherine's Palace at Tsarskoe Selo |
 Chapel at Catherine's Palace |
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 A fine figure of a figged man at Peterhof |
 The fountains at Peterhof |
 The fountains at Peterhof |
 The fountains at Peterhof |
 The fountains at Peterhof |
 The Gulf of Finland at Peterhof |
 The Gulf of Finland at Peterhof |
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 Divo Island: Bompa and Emily |
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 Smolny Cathedral (10:30pm and still light!) |
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 The staircase at Yusupov Palace |
 Private theatre: Yusupov Palace |
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 Boat trip: Emily and Kristof with The Hermitage in the background |
 Boat trip: The Hermitage in the background |
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