Well on my first day of waking up in Russia, thought I’d better get out and explore!
They really did go to town with the architecture here, some of it really is stunning, and such intricate detail!
The Hermitage
My first Russian cat sighting!
Visited the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood – very dramatic title for an equally dramatic Church!
It really is beautiful to look at, here’s a couple of pics, including a mandatory selfie!
Inside the church there are lots of beautiful, what I thought at first were paintings, but on closer inspection each and every one of them
was made from tiny little mosaic pieces – all painstakingly restored following years of being neglected while the church was used as a warehouse. All 7,000 square metres of them!
Here even the children’s playgrounds are works of art! This whole playground is made of mosaics! Very pretty.
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Love it Claire – looks very interesting! Looking forward to your next post and pictures already. Its brightened my boring day form inside my boring office!
Hehe always good to have a five minute internet skive! š
Looks great, and not just the selfie lol
Wow just wow Claire excellent pics feel like I’m almost there wiv u! I’m still in bad pain atm n i really look forward to your posts!!!, they are really cheering me up. Absolutely excellent wrk my friend! Keep em coming, well impressed with the quality!!! Love u xxx
Bless you Tam that’s lovely. Glad I can be of some assistance, hope your leg gets sorted soon hun that’s been going on a while now xxxx
Dunno if you’ve got my mum on your friends list or not she’d love these pics! Add her if u ain’t xxx