Our canal cruise took us between the Hermitage theater on the right and the Old Hermitage on the left.

The Peter and Paul Fortress on the Neva river delta.

The Hermitage Museum is actually composed of five interconnected buildings shown here from left to right: Hermitage Theatre – Old Hermitage – Small Hermitage – Winter Palace (the "New Hermitage" is situated behind the Old Hermitage). The buildings were painted different colors as a means of identifying them before the use of numbers.

The Admiralty building

The sun came out and lit up Tamara's face.

These two columns standing on Vasilyevsky Island are as much a symbol of St. Petersburg as the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral, or the spire of  the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral. For over two centuries, they have formed an integral part of the city's central panorama over the River Neva, and are particularly impressive on major public holidays, when torches are lit on top of them.

The dome of the St. Petersburg Mosque.  The minarets are under renovation.

I suspect they got better reception hanging out the window.  They clearly weren't interested in us

It's almost impossible identifying all these buildings as the maps are in Russian.

The Mikhailovsky Castle

A building from the Soviet days complete with hammer and sickle