The Palladian Travel holds his breath as he passes by the old KGB Headquarters on his way to a daytime stroll around iconic Red Square and a bit of window shopping at the ornate GUM indoor mall.
The Palladian Traveler heads 50m below the surface to discover well-kept Soviet art as he joins countless Muscovites as they commute via the museumesque Moscow subway system.
The Palladian Traveler dusts for prints as he goes in search for the facts surrounding a whodunnit murder committed down in the bowels of an aristocratic residence along the banks of the Moica River in St. Petersburg.
Like savoring caviar and vodka, one cannot come to Mother Russia without attending a ballet, and this is why the Palladian Traveler files his ninth dispatch from inside the ornate Hermitage Theatre as the lights dim and the curtain goes up on Swan Lake.
The Palladian Traveler has another jaw dropping moment – actually a few – as he photo shoots his way around Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo.
The Palladian Traveler is joined by the likes of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Velasquez as he pays a visit to the world famous Hermitage Museum.
The Palladian Traveler grabs a knife, fork, spoon and beer bottle, along with a front row seat, as he smacks his lips and claps his hands through a two-part folksy night in St. Petersburg.
After lunching on caviar, The Palladian Traveler hops aboard a hydrofoil and files his fourth dispatch from Peterhof, the sprawling and ornate Russian version of Versailles, just a few nautical miles outside St. Petersburg.
The Palladian Traveler arrives at the very spot where Peter the Great grabbed a shovel, broke ground and gave birth to St. Petersburg as he files his third dispatch from his Easy Pace Russia journey.
Just like Porfiry Petrovich, Dostoevsky’s lead detective in Crime and Punishment, the Palladian Traveler strolls down Nevsky Prospect and conducts his own investigation of St. Petersburg.