My big loop walking tour today was taking me to two more sights before I finished up for today. There were two more palaces included in my tourist pass I was going to visit on my way home.

First was the Mihailovsky Castle a short walk from the Savior of the Spilled Blood Cathedral. It is a rectangular oval design situated on the canals. First I had to almost walk around the perimeter trying to find the entrance.

Only one wing is open to the public with several state rooms. No pictures were allowed so I had to sneak a few in.

A short walk across a park was the Marble Palace. I was quite exhausted but pushing myself cramming as much in during my 3 days. The visa was hard enough to get so who knows when I'll come back and these were all included in my pass.

The exterior was impressive but the interior was a bit of a let down.

It is now used as a modern art gallery so lots of contemporary art I wasn't interested in as I was more intrigued by the historical detail.

You can appreciate some of the original architecture in the marble staircase. Again no photos were allowed so I had to sneak them in where there was interesting room architecture.

One of the bored attendants excitedly showed me one of the exhibits where you had to ring different doorbells. The exhibit was an apartment building and depending on which bell you rang a different person would come to a different window to curiously look out. The attendant was having so much fun ringing all the doorbells, when she must see this all day, I quietly walked away.

The upper floor had a glass conservatory with large plants and a covered terrace.

Heading home exhausted after my longest day of walking it now started raining hailstones. I went past the hotel back to the main train station to look for restaurants and found an Uzbek one after the lines at Burger King wouldn't move. I had a crepe donar and Samsa for 165R ($3.50).