Sunny Day in Peterhof

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  St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
Thursday, August 25, 2011

We waited for a sunny day for a trip to Peterhof, having read it really needed good weather to do it justice. After Rosie finally managed to part company with her bed we embarked on our first excursion beyond the city centre. Although it was the pricier option we indulged ourselves with a trip on the Hydrofoil.

When we arrived the beautiful sunshine from St Petersburg had deserted us and it was quite overcast. Fortunately the weather soon remedied itself and the fantastic fountains and golden statues glistened suitably. There where about 12 really large and very beautiful fountains and many smaller. The surrounding gardens covered over 25 hectares with woods and paths and streams from the palace to shore. It is a beautiful beautiful place.  

The gardens were full of wildlife, although stupid kids insisted on chasing the red squirrels away. Rosie didn't want to leave, but we had to catch the hydrofoil back again and Simon enjoyed a nap as we did so.

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Mullet!	Us approaching the cascades	Fountain Man	Red Squirrel
Fountains outside the palace	Golden Lady	Tall fountain	A tall golden fountain
Detail from large fountains	Cascading fountains	View back up to the palace	The biggest fountain!
Small fountain in big fountain	View up fountains	From the palace	Golden bottom!
Another golden bottom	Fountains from the side	Water reflection on the trees	A fountain with pillars
Spewing lady	Nymph in the fountains	Across the river	Mullet!
Down the canal	Simon and the fountains	Another lovely fountain	One of the many little streams
Fountain	Spinning dandelion fountain

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