Hermitage museum

Hi!

Here's my schoolmates Sarah, Desi, Arianna and Essi, we were really happy today to have the opportunity to get to know the Hermitage, so this post is going to be mostly pictures... ;)

We didn't have lectures today (except few of our whole group who are in more progressed Russian language courses ;P), so we wen't to eat lunch together in a big group and after that other's joined us for Hermitage museum tour! :)

I'm just overwhelmed by it's size, even tough I heard that it's one of the biggest museum's in the world I still couldn't believe that.. :D Well, this was my first time in there and I was just taking pictures mainly of architectures and some pictures of art. I have to go there many times to understand all what it has to offer. I still have to see Michelangelo's, Da Vinci's, Vincent van Gogh's art and rest of the museum!

Let the pictures speak for themselves:

Old-fashioned clothing gentleman and the lady, ready for tourist selfies of course.

One side of Hermitage, I tooked so many pictures.. :D
 

 There were many stairs and all had this long red carpet, feeling like a royalty while walking on it. 

If I remember correct, this room was when we were entering the ancient Rome museum. 
 

 I think I can say that there was thousand of sculptures all over..

  
This sculpture was really beautiful, and somehow also touching.. :)

In the Hermitage there was so many chandeliers that I couldn't even count all of them.. :D
 

Old palace renovated looked so great.. :) There was few rooms which were under renovation but most of the rooms were available.
 

Gold, palace, awesome.. 
 

And even more gold, it was quite breathtaking!

Sculpture on a lamp, that's something I've never seen before. I don't think it's tasteless but different I guess.. :)

 Where ever you went there it was all huge lounges and columns..

Roof paintings were also in many rooms and aisles.. 
 

This picture I actually tooked from the Hermitage, one of the windows was clean enough for a good photo of Palace square!
 

Last two pictures are from the Palace square and we were lucky to have so beautiful sunshine today in our "tourist journey". :) I was really exhausted when I arrived to the dormitory, we left to our trip at 12am and I was home at 8pm, so really long but so fun day! Looking forward this week!

Xoxo - Jennina