Thursday, August 05, 2010

Gatchina!

Photos might come in a slightly strange order from our recent Russian holiday, as I took a film camera and a digital one and therefore have photos from as it were days 1-4, 7-13 and 16-18 available now, and the others in a few days. So, here are some pictures from Gatchina, the least-visited and most relaxing of the many palaces of St. Petersburg. Well, the palace is a bit of a dump (as palaces go), but the gardens are lovely.

It is difficult to get a shrew to pose for you, unless (as here) it is dead.

This frog was more obliging.

And this red squirrel was the sciurine equivalent of Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise: it would have signed autographs if I'd had a pen and it had had opposable thumbs.

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