Day 3 in St. Petersburg

 I got a subway card to ride the subway to met up with my new friends at the local bus transit station to ride to the grand Peterhof Palace夏宮 Петергоф （Большой Петергофский дворец）.  The lower park was created by J.-B. Le Blond, a talented student of the creator of the Versailles gardens, A. Le Nostre, thus often referred to as the “Russian Versailles.” The Lower Park is divided into three connecting parts: central ("Grand"), western ("Marly") and eastern ("Monplaisir"). It has 150 fountains within an area of 102,5 hectares, Including the trick fountains: the "Little Oak", the "Umbrella", "Little firs", the "Water road" and "Benches". We spent 4-5 hours there, then took a speed boat back to town (behind the Winter Palace. 

Our last sight of the day was 書之家 House Of Books, which is recognized as a historical landmark and has official status as an object of Russian cultural heritage. The building was constructed in 1902–1904 by the leading Petersburg architect of the time, Pavel Suzor, for the Russian headquarters of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The building is topped with an elongated dome and glass sphere held aloft by girl and boy statues. After the Russian revolution, the building became a book store and was recently restored throughout.