It's been a month since I last posted! I have a good excuse, we've been on a cruise. My DH decided that to celebrate one of those milestone, decade birthdays we needed to do something I've wanted to do for a long time, a European cruise. We started in Southampton, England, stopped at all the Scandinavian ports and went as far north as St Petersburg, Russia. We were gone for two weeks and I think I could have stayed on that ship, Queen Victoria, for two weeks more. It was a trip of a lifetime. Ever since reading about Peter the Great and later, Catherine, I've wanted to see the fabulous palaces of St Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum. They more than lived up to their reputation; unbelievable opulence.
On the days that we were at sea there was opportunity to paint with an instructor and some other passengers. I had my own watercolor kit along so I painted the same pictures everyone else painted but mine were postcard sized instead of 8X10s. it was a wonderful way to spend afternoons at sea.
Your cruise sounds like it was wonderful. We went on the Baltic Capitols cruise on NCL a few years ago, and St.Petersburg and the Hermitage were among the places we saw. What a great cruise it was. Love your post cards.
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DeleteSounds wonderful - and lessons on the trip - heavenly! Good job on the pictures.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine what it is like to see those St. Petersburg buildings in person. Btw - I love the abstract in your last post! I hope you didn't do anythig to it, because it is perfect as it is.
What a wonderful vacation! And, you managed to get in some painting -- what a treat! Great job!
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