Russia Trip: Day 10

On Saturday, we returned to being tourists with Masha knowing so much about the history of everything Russian! We visited The Hermitage...the Czar's palace in St. Petersburg. It is a huge musuem with incredible art - sculputres, paintings, wood - all kinds of beautiful things. (too many pictures to post)

We then visited The Church on Spilled Blood.


It is a church filled with incredible mosaics of people and stories from the Bible, like this one of Jesus with the children. Just imagine every wall, every column, everything being a mosaic!

And to think that during Communist rule, this building was once filled with bombs in anticipation for its destruction.


Our day ended at PIZZA HUT (yes, it tasted good) where we met back up with our team of translators and shared some encouragement and more tears with each other.




Chris & Rachael with Vusala



Jeremy, Vivian & Chris with Jenya



Phillip with Yan