Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad) Moscow

Okhotny Ryad Metro, Moscow , Central Russia, Russian Federation

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    From Russia with...bemusement

    Well, I've arrived! The visa presented no problems, although I lost count of how many times multiple serious officials in over-the-top outfits checked it whilst on the train. I took the sleeper service from Helsinki, which was an interesting experience (my first time at mobile slumber), and when I wasn't asleep I learnt some Russian culture and …

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    Wicked

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    Entry containing 5 photos titled: The Kremlin, Cool Metro Station, NEC Moscow style!, GUM Shopping Centre, St. Basils Cathedral

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    Moscow, Russia

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    Day 1 Moscow:

    Places to See:

    1) To start the day I decided to visit one of the most important sites in Russia, The Red Square. This area is filled with architectural beauty that will take your breath away. The Red Square was built at the end of the 15th Century. It is the center of Moscow. There are 2 building found in the …

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    In Moscow

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    My first full day in Moscow, in both senses of the word. Awoke at 4:30 and read for several hours. Had breakfast with Olga and Anton -- coffee, toast, sausage, cheese, and breadsticks. No hot water today. It seems there are central water-heating plants and the hot water is piped to houses. Turns out our hot water pipe burst, flooding the ground …

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    No Rush in Russia

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    Well, here we are after a long day of travel. All of our flight connections worked out fine and the transition from American to "Finn Air" was seamless. After spending about an hour in Helsinki we were on our way to Moscow. The airlines fed us well.

    Our non-English speaking driver got lost on the way from the airport to Hotel Sovietsky. …

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    Exploring Moscow

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    ... are they are in Cyrillic text which you have to match to the Romanised version on your map.  As we got closer to the Red Square, the very recognisable St Basils cathedral came in to view and we knew we were going the right way.  The Red Square ...

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    Civil Liberties

    ... English like an aural Magic Eye picture, and you can follow the plot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.... Until you realise you don't want to. Red Square was a bit rubbish, to be fair. We'll upload some photos of it tomorrow, but don't be fooled by them. ...

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    Lenin had a big brain and Stalin loved his mum

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    ... at 8 yesterday morning and checked into our beautiful hostel which is as good as the accomodation is going to get for a while! Went to Red Square, saw Lenin (Emma got shushed!) tried to get into the Kremlin but failed and then went on a bit of a wild ...

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    A week in Moscow

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    ... with historically significant and architecturally magnificent sights, the city constantly impressed us, from the grey cobbled expanse of Red Square with its kaleidoscopic icon of Russia, St Basil's Cathedral, the imposing and awe-inspiring Kremlin, the ...

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    Rainy Moscow

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    ... square as we did not spend much time there. With the weather clearing up a bit, it should be great for some pictures. I found the red square an inspiring place. It houses the three pillars of power in Russia. At one side you see the big red brick wall of ...

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    First Night on a Train!

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    ... up and down the hills on down town Moscow! After another expensive breakfast, we showered and were ready to hit the streets.  Red square was much bigger than I thought. And the Kremlin was miles bigger than I was expecting!  St Basils was ...

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    Kremlin

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    ... year when communism collapse. This day, Russia is full of Western stores like Louie Vutton, Mc Donald's, Sbarro, 7 11 and more. Red square is filled with tourists, interestingly predominately from Russia , taking photos.  My first stop is St. Basil ...

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    Erica scared of the police

    ... the Kremlin adopting the head down no eye contact approach whenever we see police, which is quite a lot.  See everything in Red Square, the unknown soldiers tomb, Lenin's mausoleum, the beautiful cathedral which we pay to go in.  Then decide ...

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    I Moscow and cool off

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    ... to any designer label shopping centre / mall in almost any capital city in the world, let alone one just off red square in Moscow! Crossing red square (translates as 'beautiful square' nothing to do with communism or blood etc etc)we noticed a couple of ...

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    Still in Moscow (with some pics)

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    (Dave here) Right - following on from the last Moscow entry, today we again traveled to Red Square where it was snowing - very much how you expect it to look. We went to Lenin's Mausoleum - a bit like Madame Tussauds! We then went to Izmailovsky ...