Saturday June 2, we spent the entire day in the city of Pushkin. It was a 2 hr bus ride away from our dorms. We stopped along the way at a memorial for the Seige of Leningrad. (first two pics) Afterwards, we took a tour of Catherine's Palace and the grounds. (picture 3 and 4) Picture 4 is of the hall of rooms. You can look down through all the doorways, it is supposed to resemble mirrors reflecting into each other. We also saw the amber room, which you are not allowed to photograph. I think it is hyped up, it was basically a room covered in amber. The entire palace is huge, we only went through one hall of rooms. Some figure the rest is just not renovated after the war. Many of the rooms and artifacts either had to be restored or are not originals. Picture 5 is of the grounds behind the palace.
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