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andrews explores a place that's fit for a queen and his final summertime trip to st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program on this week so i'll be exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world and will be taking a day trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by catherine the great to have its paws here post them a great many of the items in the five historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg you cannot miss out on. most visitors journey started here at the

british staging jordan stand case full of lies and gleaming with gilding emir is the same case extends for the who's shite of the winter palace its golden white system designed his retreat base of course will follow. you can see here the location of the home it's mostly created on palace where the buildings from an impressive to saw it along the embankment of the liver is a built in the eighteenth century by the italian architecture strelley it became the home of katherine when she ascended to the throne in seven hundred sixty two over the centuries the pascua larger than a theater and various new buildings. ices approaches and donated until by the twentieth century the heavens home is one of the largest museums in the world. a lot of these museums from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations using credit is the same thing.

that you can only dream about and it's absolutely fabulous since i two for one are in the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is in front of. we had a great tour guide and she showed us just a small piece of it but the small piece we've seen is just incredible we have a private tour and i think it's fair we can see a few more things get better understand. things they always have to like. the palace boasts almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly and largest decorated pools many of which are open to the public. it is estimated that to see the exhibits in the home it's hard to have to move twenty five miles perhaps even move fascinating at least for those interested in riches glory days it's not just the senses of the exhibits illuminating brushes imperial past also the rundown of the hermitage treasures would be complete without

mentioning the museum stealing collection of western european art which states with thirteenth century onwards michelangelo manet matisse. whose of parts history. really a hole on the first floor was designed in an eclectic stop by and i stuck inside the eight hundred fifty eight in serious here are just breasts aching it occupies the northern territory of the small helmets and that the main focal point is this amazing peacock clock. from seven hundred ninety seven to the present day the peacock cloak has been one of the hematologist most famous exhibits the figures of the peacock kakul and the form part of this elaborate time piece of the two with mechanisms that set them in motion today so it's one of the few of its size still in working condition. to see how fast everybody was but it's really interesting to see so many people from different

places gathered together to see something so unique very very beautiful especially when it happened ten years and it was made me even see the famous room a collection of antiquities including a large number of gold artifacts. bracelets rings earrings and male and female clothing decorations the saws lived surrounded by wealth and luxury the earliest looks in the gold ring here date back to the fourth millennium b.c. gold in russia became popular via siberia and the black sea the wealth and goods of course it's high and abundance of gemstones least far behind the splendor of other york in courts while in your precious stones were only on ladies' clothes in russia men rivaled women in self to. dignitaries were studded with gold and diamonds only in russia. a western painting sculpture and applied a prehistoric period to the early twentieth century is displayed in hundreds of

holes if you do visit. or a group tool to help its cause he calls information overload. it's come in several languages is true is given a number which you press when entering you would simply be lost without a guide of some sort in the home as harsh one of the highlights of the museum is the collection of paintings by leonardo da vinci called madonna and child it was rumored to be painted in the land where the artist lived in fourteen eighty two the image shows a beautiful child a personification of maternal love there are only twelve works so not a left in the world today we have in this museum i entitle to madonna leapt out and it's very famous voice elegance and beauty and it was a challenge i remember from my books and textbooks at school and i was really impressed when i saw it for the first time. jamel jam space museum and one of the best in the world even if you're not an art level

story and will only be impressed with what the home as marsh has on offer as a museum and a grand palace unworn a visit to the state how much more she said petersburg is so. thing you will never forget. leaving the hermitage now let's continue our journey crossing the street to the riverside next to the hermitage and you'll see various boats stands and a large jetty this is where we'll catch a hundredfold boat to peterhof the journey takes twenty minutes and is much faster than travelling by car or train you can see on final destination they are the only have to travel around the entire coastline to get to the world part in a state taking a boat or fast food to the area called put to rest because the journey time down considerably. here we are.

just in was it over the pits of the state museum reserved peterhof is a big complex wishing to use the palace of peter the great instrument the alexandria park upper and lower parks and peterhof and also parks and palaces in all ramey embalm each year more than four million tourists visit peterhof on the area is named one of the wonders of russia when you plan your visit here make sure you've got the whole day just early enjoy it this is silly. in my opinion this is one of the most pledge taking sides in russia. the passing part of peterhof often referred to as the russian aside. the french palace was the inspiration for peter the great desire to build a similar complex in the suburbs of his new city the window to europe. peter hall which means peace is close in jail it is easy to leap the philippines is ground to impress elizabeth who was of the expansion of the grand palace.

peterhof was ravaged and virtually destroyed by the german troops during the second world war it was one of the first to be resurrected and thanks to the work of military engineers and over one. thousand volunteers. the structure has been fully restored by nine hundred forty seven the most famous founded on someone peterhof if the ground gets carried here with dozens of water jets straight in this breathtaking view surrounded by impressive gold statues at the center the famous samson fountain resting in the jaws of a lion erected in the seven hundred thirty s. it was built to represent russia's victory over sweden with. the grocer behind the grand scale which is once used. contains the enormous pipes origine wooden the feet the fountains most visited a stack and when they were told the fountains were only to the use of gravity. it's

really beautiful actually more so than we thought looking at photographs that we saw people we came definitely worth a visit dutiful beautiful and it shows a lot of russian history i like it i think it's spectacular it was built more than three hundred years ago and it's just. a lot of the alleyways and the and all the parks and fountains. in pottstown for example to see is not just because it's very very. spectacular parkland piece of house is remarkable for the shia variety of styles encompassed its layout and features a walk around the gardens is a must for every visitor. representing nearly two centuries of european socratic fashion execute to the highest standards peterhof is like an encyclopedia of design . remember to bring your camera and also note that the price of machine is not

included when you pay if you harder for john to. come rain or shine the trip to the venice of the north will be something you'll never forget. from your goose bumps. first time you enter the hematologist counseling stat case with a single rainbows created by the grandkids skase founded in peace hall school st petersburg consumed involves reconstruction associate. as you can see the stare we tell us comes from life and for those who fail to see the magic of the of the truth itself i suggest you come here quickly before even cuts are. absolutely spectacular one of forty that's all the time we have from sir the most beautiful attractions here in st petersburg i'll see you again at the same time next week so until then for me and the rest of the crew from pizza health bye bye for now.

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the people of the united states and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace were. weapons of mass murder is a regime as an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about it we know for a fact that there are weapons there. this were just being carried out into the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart we have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community can provide. data cheney is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more are six hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search have not yet found shiny pointy things that i would call

a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that is most disturbing. sometimes the true patriots takes the unpopular course but helps the country and for the stakes and even if they come this way at least from tonight patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no defense for what they did the country is in a terrible international security situation but i think it's perilous so they're attacking the patriotism of others. well. bringing you the latest. from the red.

covered. stories on our t.v. just when the u.s. thought it was dealing with its debt dealt a blow by a credit score and loses its hollow aaa crown and all china is weighing in america's biggest creditor signals it's time to ditch the dollar. gears up for another round of mass protests the biggest in decades as people rage against a government they say has a bad. and a painful balance elite a top secret document shows british officers were encouraged to weigh up how much they torture prisoners depending on how much information they could get. and coming right up it's the latest with the world of sports as two of russia's top football teams go head to head and now here's andrew.

hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up heavyweight clash latest here scar hosseini to fight for top spot in the russian premier league . big expectations we profiled an arm of moscow's attacking midfielder as events down the symmetry ages be adapted to russian football. boards remains upbeat about his form despite slipping down the leaderboard in ohio. today there was a massive game in the russian premier league is the latest to skaro second place any although both sides are struggling with injuries thomas nested more gonzalez and goody goody shinnick of a side line for the army men was an equal miss america and danko allows of each who could give a tally and defended domenico could see his debut five points separate the sides at the moment in the league the last time they met to skull were awarded to technical

victory after is neat failed to field at least one home grown. now elsewhere today angie welcome tom will be. called who will join them after russia's friendly with serbia next week. head to head and go back and face an in-form dinara who've won their last five to the games. now one of the nominees new signings of symmetry is still trying to make an impression at the club the attacking midfielder from serbia has netted twice in thirteen games say far this season but believed in arm i can keep up their good start and even reach the champions league he spoke with artie's constantine to top off. this is the machine which was born in munich and developed through the system of local say born in winning his first moments league title in two thousand and three however the bosnian serb played just three majors for the german powerhouse before leaving the club spells a home a numeric would follow with missing rish finally settling at wolves board and

alongside his can better dad inject then graffitti from brazil led the wolves to an inaugural league title in two thousand and nine that season he was considered one of the best a decade midfielders in europe how in twenty sand the playmaker left the club for gold to sarai of turkey where he made only nine imperium says a falling out with manager georgie haji led him to deny moscow it's a big club traditional top in russia over big ambitions how you say and i'm in front. of kevin garnett and he told me all the best to have a fantastic base. and one where maybe to win something in the future play for us live for under eighteen missional side where he line out with me money and then kill as a beach and despite his german place of birth the twenty nine year old midfielder who plays for bosnia and herzegovina in fact he is the most kept to play in the

state's history and like many serbs who play in russia he feels comfortable here. very happy to play in this league i think them i miss. him. so much and in manchester i'm one of germany but. my parents are from bosnia herzegovina but. orthodox like the russian people so for me as a normal big problem you know i see third in the premier league at the moment and can boast a six major winning run and with the likes of from the why don't you kevin granny and russian international legal team show up it's where the team believes. we are now in third position and i hope we stay on this position and we must. search this most of my colleagues international games in europe. and i hope that we make the step to disappear with the normal two to play next year do. you really called maybe

in championship do you normally have one of the best forwards units in the league and despite the fact that missing which has still to nail down in place in their territory they doubled in this league a medal holder is aiming to become a me symbian one sleeve is denying a push for encouraged russian championship. and other football news through been manager of the day of says his side have an extremely tough task in qualifying for this season's champions league they've been drawn against french side on in the play off stage with their place in the lucrative group stage at stake the first match takes place on the sixty people in france with a return leg on the twenty fourth of august than elsewhere are so with a city outside in a.z. fine munich has been drawn against here it was dutchmen f.c. twenty then. and in the europa league playoffs rant about a master of warsaw that docomo to moscow have been drawn against. the narva and second tier russian side

a lanyard will travel to the side for the first leg of that tie against to be played on august the eighteenth but the return leg a week later that is just a week to go before the start of the english premier league the city boss roberto mancini says his side still are one hundred percent fit. to united in the charity shield on sunday. is the first official major indices on is important because. these game of bully see the united states at their beer we want to win i didn't like like united. but i don't think that this moment. when they're ready to play a. like may be tomorrow because we are. only. the first week. in the. united manager sir alex ferguson meanwhile says he might further strengthen his

side for the new season the reds have brought in ashley young from aston villa phil jones from blackburn and spanish under twenty one goalkeeper david gear but there could be more. but the memories are still same a couple more prayers. but. there's always a real clubs or a ruse by. those. reporters who were known as ring to reduce. in ten years top seed fears of an audio ban has made the semifinals of the mercury insurance open in california although she was made to work hard by germany sabina seeking the russian won the first set six three but then lost the second by the same scoreline before taking the decided six four so one of the over will play an advantage next after she'd be and andrea petkovic will pay at least get advanced after date by one while advantage was down four games to one in the first set again playing shy but after

a pep talk from her coach to reel off the next five games to take six four in the second was much simpler advantage winning that six one. to the other germany's andy pettitte had a much easier time of it the number two seed beating the american sloane stephens into we set sixty six one the score there waiting in the last four then is poland get advance and be done yet and to talk about game set match. russia's former world champion pole vaulter state line if the event of a has produced a season's best at the latest diamond league thinking holy perform it isn't seventy one enough for third place in london last night jennifer third of the united states won the event clearing four point seven nine meters russia's double olympic champion it is in by over wasn't completing his goals probably on the move into the second eight centimeters behind and on the track greatest eighteen year old karate james won the four hundred metres in the fastest time this year forty four point six one seconds you may gonzalez you can make the second christopher brand of the

bahamas while cleese's spend set a record time for a year in the women's four hundred meter hurdles her time at fifty two point seven nine half a second faster than anyone else this season and also looking good head of the world championships is the men's olympic champion her late day on robles from cuba american rival david all of it into second place and thirteen point zero four seconds. because we're going to do what. is my personal growth this year i'm on my peer group or good for you now tiger woods has slid down the leaderboard at the w c bridgestone invitational after a first round of sixty eight he carded a one over par and of seventy one and he seven shots off the pace four plays all right in front including adam scott who's led since the eighteen day he's joined by ricky fowler saying hey that a great round after powering the first three holes he then came alive and carded at

sixty four his putting was just perfect at times really greens really well on friday also up there is ryan moore and keegan bradley as for tiger he found it tougher going to spice some good moments to both teams and a double bogey not helping his cause he came in one over par but he's not too down beat as he says this torment to prepare for next week's final major of the year the p.g.a. championship. so close to i know my stats all short but just the way i'm driving a golf ball. the start winds are so much tighter. the shots are so much tighter so . you know the serbian are talked about i'm so close i just put the ball on a string so it's coming and in rugby union new zealand are hosting a strike here today in the tri nations a match given extra spice with the world cup starting there in just over a month's time for the all blacks were seventeen at half time and that's still the

score the second half gets under way now a new move with a try page for the hosts new zealand haven't lost to a stray on home soil in the last eleven meetings another pretty world cup games today england. and scotland were led to take. so that brings up to date more like. the history of this place runs through the centuries. a paradise for archeologists zoo all ages and ecological tourists. what one fateful night shots destroyed the army of life to go.

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