Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Little Bit of the Visit One While I Wait for Court...





Gum




Zero Kilometer

This is right in front of Red Square entrance... it is the point from which distances are measured.  For good luck you are supposed to stand in the middle and toss coins over your shoulder... funny thing is... the people work in shifts picking up the coins.  I probably wouldn't  care if they were not drunk. 



St. Basil's Cathedral


Street Musicians


My Digs

My apartment is green. 


My view at 330 am
My view at 530am


Red Square

These guys were chatting it up at the entrance to Red Square. 
Red Square- Local Police Training
Lenin's Tomb
Many red stars are left in the architecture... this was taken at 10:15 pm.  

The entrance to the Kremlin. 
Outside of the Kremlin & Red Square- so surreal to be in this place. 
One of the kremlin towers.... each of them have their own names. 

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

I am so glad that I was able to go to Arlington National Cemetery and stand in awe of the United Stated Tomb of the Unknown soldier.  The tomb in Russia is just outside of the Kremlin.  They too sand watch 24 hours a day 7 days a week in honor.  




Alexander's Garden


Alexander's Garden was made for the children of Alexander the Great

Mounted patrols in Alexander's Garden
Fountain in front of Alexander's Gardens
Beautiful fountain near the Alexander Garden

Ivan the Great Bell Tower



 Pushkin Museum




Christ the Savior Church




1 comment:

  1. Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.

    Isn't Lenin's tomb empty now? My parents visited Moscow when the man's body was still in there and said it was pretty creepy.

    Also, the big shopping place GUM... This brings back memories of my Russian classes over the years. We always had fictional people going to the magazine or to GUM to buy things.

    Fingers crossed for a court date.

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