If you have an old palace you aren’t using, you can always turn it into an art museum

Today was our day to visit the Russian Art Museum, which was about a mile from our hotel. Thanks to Google Android tablets and Google Map Offline mode, we had no problems navigating or way there and back.

What’s more boring than a picture of a painting of Catherine the Great. I don’t know, but this isn’t a painting — it’s a mosaic, made from small pieces of colored glass

After a couple of hours rest, we went to a delightful little restaurant we had our eye on. We weren’t disapointed. We have eaten very well in St. Pete.

After dinner, we saw the ballet “Don Quixote”. The dancers were excellent. Coming back to the hotel at 11 PM was a treat. It was late for us, but we had a nice rest before dinner. This is Friday. The rain had cleared. The temperature was comfortable. And it’s the trailing edge of white nights. The streets were crowded with people having a good time.

All the pics are from the museum.  I’ll let the captions speak for themselves.

Carved Bone – very intricate. I would have made one of my own, but Danita wouldn’t let me bring my knife.

This picture is supposed to launch us into space (I’m not joking – that’s what the commentator said.) I guess it’s like Star Trek

“A Point in Space” – reminds me of quantum physics. Maybe Mark can explain this one.

My personal favorite, a comment on modern Russian life