Saint Petersburg once more - part 3

Winter in Saint Petersburg II

 

Neva river 

 

 

Art Nouveau tower of early 20th century Belgian shopping house Esders &
Scheefhals restored in its former glory. Moika Embankment 

 

English Embankment

 

Survival of the fittest in the park of the Palace of Gatchina 

 

That time of year of cold feet and a slight feeling of homesickness for Luxor... 

 

The Neva ice is growing thinner with every passing minute, but some just don't know when to call it a day...

 

Kronstadt - monument to vice-admiral Makarov & Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas

 

Kronstadt - Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas 

 

Kronstadt - monument to vice-admiral Makarov - icebreaker Yermak 

 

 

Eliseyev House

 

Eliseyev House

 

Removing the announcement on an exposition on Dutch & Flemish 17th century masters takes some effort...

 

Svechnoy Pereulok

 

Happily waiting for the sun to break through the traffic jams and cloudy early morning sky at Smolny Cathedral, February 28th

 

 

Smolnyj Cathedral 

Smolnyj Cathedral 

 

Smolnyj Cathedral 

 

Fontanka 

 

Lomonosov bridge & Trinity Cathedral, Fontanka

 

Unicorn lamp, Lomonosov Bridge 

 

Philosophizing with winged lions, Mojka Embankment, Bank Bridge

 

Tauride Palace

 

General Staff reflected on Palace Square 

 

Winter Palace upside down...

 

Intercession Cathedral, Gatchina

 

Raven announcing the first cracks in Winter 

 

Western part of the ring of Saint Petersburg linking Kronstadt with both sides of the Gulf of Finland 

 

 

Ring of St.Petersburg & Gulf of Finland

 

Kronstadt

 

Old fortress, Kronstadt

 

Gulf of Finland

 

Gulf of Finland

 

Old maritime fortress

Kotlin island & Gulf of Finland 

 

Gulf of Finland

 

Solnechnoye - Gulf of Finland 

 

beach winter sports on the Gulf of Finland in Solnechnoye

 

Solnechnoye 

 

 

250 years Hermitage

 

the Neva

 

 

 

Lake Kavgolovskoye

 

Lake Kavgolovskoye

 

Lake Kavgolovskoye

 

Sea walk, Gulf of Finland

 

Repino

 

Palace square

 

Kazan Cathedral

 

Belgian Consulate General