The top place to visit in Palma is the Cathedral Sa Seu and the Royal Palace d'Almudaina. Building began around the 1200s by King Jaume I and was added to over the years. The Cathedral has had a lot of Gothic additions.
An ancient original wall around the original city protected it from attacks by pirates and invaders for centuries.
We attended a meaningful Sunday Mass in this place of great beauty and spiritual symbolism. Monks chanted before the service began. Afterwards I took photos which I was never able to retrieve at home.
The tour brings you into an inner court, which leads up to the private residence of the King and Queen of Spain.
From the Palace you can look over the city of Palma and have a great view of the sea.
The King and Queen still stay here while in Mallorca. This hallway leads up to their living areas.
This is the desk used by the Queen.
We had the place to ourselves except for the guards, since it was low tourist season. I stepped on the carpet to get a better photo of the tapistry in this great hall. I was quickly reprimanded. Whoops.
This wonderful, private chapel houses gorgeous velvet robes for clergy, as well as some royal artifacts.
St. Petersburg is named for Peter the Great, a Czar of Russia who moved from Moscow to begin this port city on the Baltic Sea. He is buried in the tomb above, with his wife, Catherine.
This fortress was begun in the early 1700s when Peter the Great was just establishing the town.
The St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is mostly used now as a museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral 
Tallinn, Estonia is a place we didn't know much about before coming here. We became enamoured with a lovely old town within historic gates.
The Holy Spirit Church, from the 1500s, has paintings that cover the entire story of the Old and New Testament on it's walls. The young lady at the entrance assured us it has a vibrant fellowship of young worshippers today.
This Maritime Church has been the church of sailors for centuries.
We attended the service on the Sunday when many couples had their kids baptized.
The Univerisity Church is an elegant, unique place. The theme is Greco-Roman. Jesus and his disciples wear togas.
Marble Church near the Royal Residence.
I'm sure this sign is a linguistic issue. We saw it at the City Hall. It probably means "Service Elevator" or something like that. But it made us chuckle. And theologically, isn't God three persons in one, not four?
An ancient original wall around the original city protected it from attacks by pirates and invaders for centuries.
We went to Cologne (Koln) by train. Exiting the train looking at a map to the Cathedral...Bam! There it was... massive. Black from dirt and soot, it rose out of the scrawl of tourists and vendors and majestically dominated our view, 100 feet ahead of us.
Inside we roamed around like the tide with waves of tourists. There is so much detail in gold, stone and stained glass. Right before noon, they shooed everyone out who did not want to stay for a prayer service.
We sat down in a pew and enjoyed the mostly empty, hushed church. Then an organ began bellowing classical music that moved our hearts. It was an experience we will treasure.
We wandered around the downtown area and ate on the patio of a cafe.
