Expo Center Area Apartments Moscow
Nikolaeva Moscow, Central Russia, 123100, Russian Federation
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Moscow, Russia
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 area, The Kremlin Wall and the Saints Basil Cathedral. These 2 buildings are a MUST ...
Ishmailova market
... disrepair. Stalin got off badly with his face being smashed in but Lenin seemed to remain un-bashed. The sun was out by now and it was lovely just strolling through the park. We walked back along the river, past an art market but we didn’t see anything we fancied.
As we crossed the bridge, we decided to go and see a church with golden domes that we could see in the distance and the walk through the streets to get there took us though the ...
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... Tseretelli, memorializing his desire to grant Russia access to the sea (ultimately St. Petersburg). The statue was originally honoring Christopher Columbus but was re-purposed. On our arrival to Red Square, we learned that the name predated the Soviet era by centuries. Red was a color that symbolized beauty and importance. The Kremlin and surrounding square date to the 14th century!! We then cut through GUM, the elite shopping mall dating back to 1890, to ...
Moscow, Moscow......
... to our room for that shower, rather than have to kill time until 2pm check in.
Moscow holds many surprises. It has an extremely affluent feel and people are quite helpful when we can't find our way. We had read that Muscovite's are aloof and unhelpful, but this was certainly not our experience. We nearly always found someone to help point us in the right direction. The Kremlin is a surprise. The word actually means fortress, and it is a triangular ...
From Russia, with love...
... priceless. We had to check all of our belongings and go through a full airport-caliber security scan to even get in the front door, but it was absolutely worth the trouble.
After the museum it began to rain, so we escaped into a little Italian restaurant for lunch. I know, I know, it is ridiculous to eat Italian food when you are in Russia (especially if you are Italian...) but it was so delicious! I had a pizza that was ...

