The bathroom was the usual snazzy 5 star bathroom. What made it different was that it was heated to about 95 degrees and there was no way of turning the heating down. The room itself was also pretty warm. Some others said they had to open the windows. Since the max was 8 C (sorry to mix the scales) they must have been pretty warm.
On the road again. Passing a grove of Russias national tree, the birch.
Its pretty flat through much of Europe and at least as flat here. The observatory is on the high point of the area, about 230 metres!
Sorry but here are more autumn pictures. This time at one of the grand houses, the Catherine Palace at Pushkin.
We were greeted by this band playing the Oz anthem. Confess I didnt recognise it at first. Then they did a swinging version of Waltzing Matilda which would have earned cheers at any Oz sporting ground.
Here is the building with puffball having photos . Must have been a Friday. Weddings in China and apparently Russia too, are more auspicious if performed on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
The first thing seen through the doorway is one of the two ATM machines. And in Uzbekistan there were about two per city.
The floors were parquetry and had to be protected. Amazing what you will let yourself be told to do.
Decorative corner heater.
There is also a room we were not allowed to photograph which has its walls completely decorated with amber, perhaps another pointless aristocritic gesture. The palace was badly damaged in WW 2 and the amber room was destroyed. It has been recreated at great cost using 6 tons of amber. Hmm.
Back in the city, this is the local bookshop, thriving at 9 pm.
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