The walkway along Catherine's Palace, or the Summer Palace.
Gerald's favorite - a cute cupid napping in the sun.
No shortage of detail!
This is an awesome contemporary artwork by Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave - a copy of a dress in a portrait of Elizabeth, made completely of paper.
The palace was extensively damaged in WWII and has been meticulously restored, and these 3 cupids show the darker pre-restoration gold (& more cupids for Gerald!).
One of Pavel's rooms, not normally opened so we were lucky to see more of the palace.
This is the Chinese silk room, with Catherine as a flower goddess in the portrait.
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