Today we visited Catherine the Great's palace. Couldn't get in though because it is closed on Mondays. It is a huge palace but we were told that, after th communists took over, the palace was left open for nearly a year and, during that time, people walked in and took away anything that they felt like taking away.

Her son Paul's palace was not too far off. It was a wonderful look at. A beautiful palace with many great works of art.