Welcome to St Petersburg's version of any great city park. This is located not far from the Winter Palace. It was a beautiful day and there were loads of couples just hanging out enjoying the sun. My suspicion is that with the harsh cold winters, the locals flock outdoors to enjoy every ounce of sun they can grab.
Here are two references to great leaders and a guy from Chicago. This is a Statue called the Bronze Horseman, located in the park I referenced to above. It took 12 years to create and was commissioned by Catherine the Great in honor of Peter the Great. With Jack the not so great right up front. The stone base alone is one piece of granite that weighs more than 1600 tons. What I liked about this was the simplicity of the engraving. "To Peter I from Catherine II". It's also known that newlyweds pose in front of this statue for good luck. That is a concept that I cannot understand.
This is St. Isaac's Cathedral. About 2 blocks south of the Bronze Horseman. Note the size of this church vs the bus you can see in the lower right corner. It was built on the site where Peter the Great was married. Maybe that explains the reason the newlyweds get pictures taken in front of the Horseman....
Ok, here's proof that we are not lying about the newlyweds. If we saw 2, we saw a hundred of them. And they were walking through the streets of downtown St Petersburg, the grounds at the Peteroff Palace...it was the invasion of the newlyweds. We eventually found out that it's very common for them to come to these locations with their entire wedding parties for pictures and partying. They do this sometimes a week(s) after the wedding. I have to hand it to them, what a great place to parade and get pictures taken. Point of reference, I think the two on the right are party crashers...
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