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 five historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg you cannot miss out on. most visitors journey starts us here at the bridge taking jordan staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding a mere is the same case extends for the whole 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 in palace where the buildings from and in

principle 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 transit century the home is one of the largest museums in the world. you know a lot of these museums from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations using credible is the same thing. and you can only dream about it's absolutely fabulous since like two for one they are in the building all together and it's just beautiful and this museum is incredible we have a great tour guide and she's shown as just a small piece of meat. the small piece we've seen is just incredible we have

a private tour and i think it's better we can see a few more things in there understanding. things they always ask a lot of. the palace boasts almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly and largest decorated pools and rooms many of which are open to the public. it is estimated that to see all the exhibits in the home it's raj would 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 the brushes imperial past also the rundown of the hermitage treasures would be complete without mentioning the museum still in collections of western european art which states with thirteenth century onwards michelangelo manet matisse. who's who of parts history. 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 helmet and that the main focal point is this amazing peacock clock. from seven hundred ninety seven to the present day the peacock clock has been one of the hematologist most famous exhibits the figures of a peacock called cool and all that form part of this elaborate fine piece of that is with mechanisms that set them in motion today so it's one of the few with 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 the captain around it is made a you can see the famous collection of antiquities including a large number of gold artifacts bracelets rings earrings and male and female clothing decorations the rich. 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 of course it's high and abundance of gemstones least far behind the splendor of york in courts while in your precious stones were only on ladies' clothes in russia men rivaled women in self the. dignitaries studded with gold and diamonds only in russia russian and western painting sculpture applied prehistoric period to the early twentieth century is displayed in hundreds of holes if you do visit. or a group tour. he calls information overload. guides come in several languages is true is given a number which you press when entering you'd simply be lost without a guide of some sort in the home it's 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 the personification of maternal love their work still not a left in the world then we have in this museum i it is entitle to madonna leapt out and very famous voice elegance and beauty and it was a challenge to their mandate from my books and textbooks at school i was really impressed when i saw it for the first time about ten years ago. jamel jabs 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 house has on offer as a museum and a grand palace in war and a visit to the state hematology said petersburg is something you will never forget . leaving the hematologist now and let's continue our

journey crossing the street to the riverside next to the hermitage and you'll see various boat stands and a large jetty this is where we'll catch up boat to peterhof the journey takes twenty minutes and is much faster than travelling by car or train you can see on final destination here you know we 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 about it because of the state museum reserve peterhof is a big complex which includes the palace of peter the great instrument the alexandria park upper and lower parks and peterhof and also parks and palaces in. 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 players 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 up little pieces ground and priscilla's a bit the walls of the expansion of the grand palace. peterhof was ravaged 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 most of the state's major structure has been fully restored by nine hundred forty. the most famous founded on someone peterhof is the

grandkids with dozens of water jets greatly missed breathtaking view surrounded by impressive gold statues at the center of 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 sweet with. the grocer behind the great escape which is once used policies contains the endless pipes originally wouldn't feed 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 again definitely worth a visit beautiful beautiful and it shows a lot of russian history i like it i think its stake humble it was built more than three hundred years ago and it's just awesome and i love the alleyways and the

and all the parks and fountains. in pottstown for example the sea is not just because it's very very. spectacular parkland piece of golf 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 the top is like an encyclopedia of design . remember to bring your camera and also note that the front submission 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. the first time you enter the hematologist dazzling staircase to really sing the rainbow is created by. the

grandkid skase founded in peace a whole school st petersburg's consumed in both reconstruction associate adolph. as you can see the stanley tell us comes from life and for those who come to see the magic of the new the trickle i suggest you come here quickly to school is an. absolutely spectacular one of forty that's all it's how 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 i'll address the crew from pizza health bye bye for now. khloe.

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the people of the united states and their friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder is a regime as an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about 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 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 that helps the country of origin stakes and even if they come this way at least from 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 and i think it's perilous so they're attacking the patriotism of others.

top stories this hour in all of them pools are stripped the u.s. of its highest credit rating infuriating the country's lenders with china saying it's time to ditch the dollar as the reserve currency. israel is braced for another round of unprecedented antigovernment mass protests some of already compared the country's plight to that of revolutionary egypt. a nato helicopter has crashed in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers the biggest single american lol since the military operation started kind of one claim they downed in a rocket attack. plan you put it in full is coming when just fifteen minutes from now before that case here with the next support. hello welcome to the sports update this saturday and here's a glimpse of what's coming up. heavyweight battle champions in

a narrative the gap to lead astray scores of two points with a two no victory in the most sky region in the thick of saturday's russian premier league action. while chinese conquest well madrid conclude that asian two all with a thumping six nil victory over a local side. and please forgive me disgrace speedskating superstar whining apologizes to the people of china for a drunken punch up with a team manager. first a football and defending champions native narrowed the gap to lead us to just two points off to beating the moscow side to nil in the russian premier league two goals within one second half minutes did the damage alexander opened after fifty four minutes for example a new call for swiftly made it to no elsewhere unveiled a russian midfielder you would call the head of their home game against tom when they beat to no thanks to goals and proving in the how to get here while twenty seven year old joins from chelsea on

a four year deal and help supply in next week's game you can spot on well later of all the other stuff will also go head to head face and in the form dilemma who won the last five league games. and in the meantime look committees have been one of the big movers since the transfer window donald was the first for new players have joined the six moscow side which is not managed by jersey kosovo who has led to three victories from three matches so far as among reports. the railway men have become the forty eight year old portuguese specialist nine globe in his coaching career besides the club circuit. manage the national geo lithuania during the one to ten people world cup qualifiers. where he defeated like sober media austria and the faroe islands but these moments to tame the tame the haze more confidence. because when the game sat on chance some scenes in the beach of course yes the stars as you talk. about the scene. of the first scene is ease of mind

now this gets the acquisitions forward to lead it i said all the twenty two year old ecuadorean international joins look at what the from live on say in the spanish league up he played to matches for his country's national team scored five goals in the process over his relatively short professional career he's played full five teams including manchester city basel sporting lisbon and spain's molokai live on stage another new arrival is the nigerian international twenty four year old bangor fixer of the not it was also somewhat of a club and injure milan player he spent the last two seasons on loan first for molokai in spain and the following year at west ham in the english premier league you can see a lot of players from year old are coming over to russia need to support says bates and more and different clubs here and also you know when a close plays in in europe and the globe sleighs in the champions league or in the

europa league play more it more of a splay is a lot of business west ham teammate manual that cost up and so joined looking would see during the summer traffic period the portuguese defenders trophies include the french cup in two thousand and six and the netherlands sides all in two thousand and seven that's a nice person. i know in the forest four years ago and. it was a test i think that the. training is it is the same you want to play for board very beautiful but i mean you also when or the game looking at cvs latest signing is scottish me feel that there's a zapatero who joins the club from sporting lisbon it's twenty six year old started a lively guests are going where he played for five years. scoring five goals and winning the spanish super cop in the process in an interview would look how much each of fishel website zapatero admitted that he had offers from four spanish clubs as well as it is parma england you cassel and olympiakos from greece however offer

wade the rest mainly because of the new head coach's. personal involvement. so we're going to see barry get to lose a match or even concede a goal and. the management team is now ready to reach new heights in the remainder of the season and that should help the team achieve that goal. of artsy. now it's just a week to go before the start of the new english premier league season match the city manager at a better one cheney admits his side still aren't tightly fish as they prepared to face local rivals manchester united in the traditional cut and raise of the community shield on sunday. is the faster official made in this season is important because. play this game and see the united. we want to win i didn't like united. but i don't think that the team in this moment . one hundred percent are ready to play. like may be for

months because. already. the first week. in that people really are. well meanwhile opponents united health and i can training sessions all translate this saturday the three new signings when the actual young goalkeeper doesn't defy at once defender phil jones also costs but these three minute with the song title of this summer's transfer targets for money just relics ferguson says might further strengthen his side for the new season as the red devils aim to stop the name on top flight title number twenty. but they minister still saying a couple more players but that's we get this always every year clubs are nervous by and that's but as. important when it's written there it is. while in the meantime it was

a one way street for real madrid in the final game of that pre-season tour of china the spanish giants poland local side tianjin six nil at the wilson tuckey stadium that got open through early penalty and out of the media capitalized on some poor defending double the thirteen minutes buffalo again netted third soon after the break off the only source of confusion in the go match. striker was in place by christiane our now they didn't wait long last time a stunning loss banks us for not. cutting men's and not back to grace with in just three minutes to finish off i os tiny's took stock in spanish polls will take on champions bosler first i did the super pacs i don't need to build a bank some day and such as a marina explained why he does not want any place in his team. it seems are. competitive everybody feels part of it everybody

must be ready to play and at the same time they are boys from the second team they know they have a chance so. i hope tomorrow i don't read again morning wants more players because i don't want more players i'm happy with the short squat i have with a good saying it's about six. that automatics and olympic high jump champion and i so know it has hit the top form at the right time with the russian winning the last major event before the world championships in south korea later this month the twenty six year old cleared two metres thirty six centimeters after his first attempt at the diamond league meeting in london a similar jump was good enough to say no to taking gold at the beijing olympics three years ago when elsewhere two americans triumphed in the spring this week world record holder same boat sitting out most of takes and blew away the field in the men's two hundred meters carmelita jeter once peerless in the women's one

hundred meters notched up a second straight victory in the diamond league. and it's now in russian top seed verizon the rover has reached the semifinals of the mercury insurance open in california although she was made to work hard by jemmy's to be the the twenty six year old won the first set six three but then lost the second by the same scoreline before taking the dismissing school when the rover were next by an advantage which on the sideline beat pinch wife and player petrovich we've played at nish got that van sciver well evanovich was down to four games to one in the first set against white but after a pep talk from her coach the serbian former world number one reeled off the next five games to take the set six for the second proved to be much simpler than advantage when not six one of our. knowledge respected which had a much easier time the number two seed beat american sloane stephens into easy set

six two six one with the score there and waiting the last for this poll that vance got these than often talk about game set match for now is just over a month to go until the rugby world cup in new zealand done call to take fifteen points as the all blacks come to be beat australia thirty points to fourteen in the tri nations encounter in oakland to retain the bledisloe cup but additional had before the game julie boosted the home nations morale and robots dominated from the off the tedium park where they've not lost a test or australia since ninety six and new zealand were seventeen opera tough times to try as one not a male omen and so to get eight so you've got to put the match beyond doubt fourteen minutes into the second half when connecting with conrad smith for a spectacular run to make it into a five second big. rocky elsom did get on the scoreboard for the wallabies in the second period but the visitors never looks like the same back into it new zealand i two wins from turn the trying nations column that opening success against

a depleted south africa last week. and finally sorry seems to be the hardest word for a short tempered chinese. speed skater the country's greatest winter impudent wang wang has apologized to the nation's people not to the officials for a drunken brawl with the team manager menke was a sorry slide off to being once again expelled from the behavior the twenty six year old punched a boss who had reprimanded for a late night out during a training count the short track style is a four time olympic champion but has a poor record of violence at work she was also kicked out of the national team four years ago for beating up a coach. that's all sports news i've been at. the

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credit rating in. china already saying it's time to. reserve currency. for another round of. u.s. special forces soldier. the single loss of american troops in the. international news and comment this is in moscow just turned nine pm here in the russian capital good to have you with us this hour the united states probably has top credit aaa.