Mocквa, pronounced Moscva, is the name for Moscow in Russia. We arrived at the Moscow train station at 7:30 and went to the hotel to get ready for a day of sight seeing.
View from our hotel
View from Moscow University
Smokestacks
Business District being built
Moscow University
Novodevichy Convent where famous Russians are buried
Yelsin's Grave
Khrushchev's Grave
Great Patriotic War (WWII) Memorial
Cathedral of Christ Our Savior, the largest Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Horses in front of the National Museum
On our first night in Moscow we are given 'Russian Friends' who take us home and we make dinner. My friend Tom and I were paired with Dmitriy and Grigoriy. They are both computer science major and go to Moscow University. We went to the grocery store and bought food for dinner. We then went back to the dorms to cook dinner. Tom and I had to show our passports and get various papers to prove that we were only visiting the dorms before we could get past security. There were two more check points where they checked our passports and papers again. After dinner we went up onto the roof to see an amzing view of Moscow.
Climbing up to the top of the roof
picture courtesy of Tom
Hammer and Sickle on the side of the University building
picture courtesy of Tom
Another shot of vodka once we made it to the roof
picture courtesy of Tom
the view of Moscow
picture courtesy of Tom
Group picture
picture courtesy of Tom
amazing how different each city looks. there is something I like about urban and industrial; what can I say. I am loving the Cathedral of Christ our Savior. hey now, how much vodka have you had? haha.
ReplyDeleteI love the roof adventure and how it topped off with a shot of vodka but I'm sure you already knew that.
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