Catherine’s Palace

Beautiful place….  and again, the floors were amazing. At the Hermitage the floors had 6 layers of lacquer; here at Catherine’s palace zero lacquer.  As such, we all had to wear booties and basically swept the floors as we walked through it. 

While language was not a problem in Scandinavia and Finland, fewer Russians speak English. We’ve gotten by mostly speaking with younger people and all have been very pleasant regardless of age. 

See my stunning bootie?

And a couple of videos…

St Catherine’s

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