Sunday, May 10, 2009

Other St. Petersburg Photos

1)      Two Russian subs near our dock location.

2)      A welcome band.

3)      St. Isaac’s cathedral.  This is the 4th largest cathedral in the world.  The dome is in gold, but done is a manner where it was applied mixed with mercury.  They used slaves, so they did not care that the toxic method would kill the workers.  This made the gold more substantial as a coating.

 

1 comment:

Claudia and Bob Hale said...

The welcome band played "Home on the Range" for us .... weird!