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Moscow - behind the iron curtain
Not that many years ago it would have been unthinkable to come to Moscow for most of us in the West ... so this is a dream come true for me.
When I was growing up in Zimbabwe ... Russia (USSR) was the evil empire ... those commy *******s ... the enemy that was going to bring on the end of the world ...
Of course, as we know now, …
Last hours @ Moskva
Onverwacht nog een fijne dag! Tretyakov-galerij was meer dan de moeite waard:
Pokhitov, Mesterov, Stepanov, Vrubel, Boganov-Belsky... allemaal nieuwe namen die meer dan hun deel goeie schilderijen hebben hangen.
De uurtjes hier helpen me ook een idee te maken van wat ik nou goeie kunst vindt: goeie kunst help je om beter naar de wereld te …
Crowded, Gloomy, and EXPENSIVE!!!
... by the communists and recently restored to its original condition.
We also took a walk across the nearby bridge to check out a giant monument to Christopher Columbus that is located along side the Moscow River. Why is there a giant monument to Christopher Columbus located in Moscow you ask? Well I'll tell you. It was originally created by a famous Russian sculptor who tried to sell it for $20 Million ...
Out & about in the workers paradise
... walk in front of you to get their photos, then stop to check their photos, admire the view, discuss where they will go for dinner, and so on.
This is our last stop for the day, and when we get back to street level, the bus is waiting to take us back to the hotel. We have enough time to drop our stuff and have a shower before heading out to a Georgian restaurant. Everyone is quite impressed by the fact that the wine is already poured into ...
Cruising the Volga River
... doing.
Beth and I decide to break off on our own for a little while. In Uglich, our tours will be walking tours so we can link up with any of the groups with little effort. A little over 100 yards from our dock, there is a substantial open air souvenir bazaar. Knowing we won’t buy anything until the return trip, we visit a few of the stalls and check out the merchandise.
At the far end of the bazaar is Uglich’s main ...