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ay 3 of our cruise and we are still halls, including the Amber Room (no n the evening we enjoyed a Cossack
Dmoored at the dock in St. photos allowed) and saw the ornate IFolklore show on the pier adjacent
Petersburg. Our tour this day took us décor throughout. to our cruise boat.
to Pushkin .
e had lunch at a local restaurant,
e visited the elegant Catherine’s Wfollowed by a visit to the Winter
WPalace, the roc0c0 summer Palace to tour the famous Hermitage
residence of the Russian Czars, Museum. We marvelled at the vast
named for Peter the Great’s widow, collection of art antiquities, jewelry and
Catherine I. We toured its various sculptures.