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2013年10月1日

聖埃索大教堂 / 青銅騎士

如同羅馬的聖彼得大教堂、倫敦的聖保羅大教堂，提到聖彼得堡，自然會想到雄偉壯觀的聖埃薩大教堂St.Issac's Catherdral。每年將近90個不同的儀式在此舉行，最多可容納14000人，堪稱聖彼得堡最宏偉的教堂。

坐落於芬蘭灣旁的【彼得夏宮】(Peterhof)，不但展現宮殿建築、花園造景等靜態的藝術成就，更強調卓越的水利工程技術，建造之初規劃複雜的地下水管線路而造就數十座噴泉，成為這裡最特別的景觀。

1709年彼得大帝對瑞典的戰爭勝利之後，他決定建造一座龐大的宮殿來犒賞自己，並炫耀戰爭的成果。從1714年到1723年之間，他聘請了超過5000個勞工、軍人來施工，加上建築師、水利工程師、花園造景設計師等協力合作，造就了這個壯觀的花園宮殿。

18~19世紀，彼得夏宮一直都是沙皇家族夏天的居所，整個區域分成「上花園」(The Upper Gardens)和「下花園」(The Lower Park)兩大區域，上花園為英式庭園設計，下花園為面海的園區，兩大園區以大宮殿(The Great Palace)居中隔開。

2013年8月29日

Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson - Remember When (2003)
~ from The Greatest Hits, Volume Two

Remember When
I Was Young And So Were You
And Time Stood Still
And Love Was All We Knew
You Were The First, So Was I
We Made Love And Then You Cried
Remember When?

Remember When
We Vowed The Vows, And Walked The Walk
Gave Our Hearts, Made The Start, And It Was Hard
We Lived And Learned, Life Threw Curves
There Was Joy, There Was Hurt
Remember When?

Remember When
Old Ones Died And New Were Born
And Life Was Changed, Disassembled, Rearranged
We Came Together, Fell Apart
And Broke Each Others Hearts
Remember When?

Remember When
The Sound Of Little Feet,
Was The Music We Danced To Week To Week
Brought Back The Love, We Found Trust
Vowed We Never Give It Up
Remember When?

Remember When Thirty Seemed So Old
Now Lookin’ Back, Its Just A Steppin’ Stone
To Where We Are, Where We’ve Been
Said We Do It All Again
Remember When?

Remember When We Said When We Turn Gray
When The Children Grow Up And Move Away
We Won’t Be Sad, We’ll Be Glad
For All The Life We’ve Had
And We’ll Remember When.

Remember When?…
Remember When?…