Peter the Great's magnificent palace on the Gulf of Finland.
It's over the top with the gilding and the fussiness, but Peter the Great's
simple oak study shows he didn't actually like that sort of thing.



This is the first view you get when you approach by hyrdofoil from the Gulf of Finland.



View from the rear balcony of Peterhof.




One of hundreds of spectacular fountains on the
grounds, all of them gravity-fed.



Another fountain I liked.



Enjoying my stroll around the gardens.



A smaller palace on the grounds, known as Marly.
The pond was stocked with fish to supply the banquet table.



My guide Natalia talked to this squirrel in Russian
and got it to come over so I could take a picture.


Around St. Petersburg / Around St. Petersburg (II) / Around Moscow / Church on Spilled Blood / Dostoevsky in St. Petersburg /
The Kremlin and Red Square / Moscow Churches / Night Train to Moscow / On the Neva / Palace Square / Peterhof / Peter and Paul Fortress /