Good morning fans!
Well it's morning where I am (appx 1:15 am) and since I'm so dedicated I figured you all are just craving more info about my adventures. Well this post is basically just a hodge-podge of my adventures over the past week. It includes our excursion to the Tretyakov Gallery, walking around town, and on Sunday most of the museums in Moscow were free so there are some pictures of that too. I don't have too much to talk about so it's just going to be a visual post. Hope you enjoy the pictures and I love reading all of your comments so keep 'em up!
More to come when something exciting happens.
Товарищ,
Бен
View of the Kremlin wall.
Entrance to the Archeological Museum. This place was sweet. It is located underground, basically under Red Square...well next to Red Square, but you get the point.
This is the Voskresensky Bridge. It is it the Archeological Museum and it was built sometime around the 18th Century. It used to connect Red Square across a moat to the rest of Moscow...back in the day, of course.
Oh just a tank sitting out by the Kremlin...Nothing unusual about this. Ha. No, I think it is for Victory Day (May 9), the day that World War II ended. They symbol to the right of 65 has CCCP.
Russia's tomb of the unknown soldier.
Just normal Sunday traffic in Moscow. Ha
Christ the Savior Cathedral. Originally it was completed in 1860, but Stalin decided to have it blown up and a swimming pool was put in it's place. Then the cathedral was reconstructed in the 1990s. It literally is ginormous!
Statue of Dostoevsky, writer of Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, etc.
Sign at the entrance of one of the few Pushkin Museums. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin is probably one of Russia's most well know authors...and Russians absolutely love him.
Statue of Friedrich Engles, the man who wrote with Karl Marx...hurray Communism!
Outside of the Tretyakov Gallery. One of the largest art museums in Moscow. Of course no photos are allowed of the art work so this is the only one you get.
...and this one. It is a bust of Pavel Tretyakov, founder of the gallery.
Pizza Hut! Went here for lunch last weekend. Got a large pepperoni pizza and a pitcher of Mountain Dew...just like home. Ha
Finally, here is one just for my dad and Sherry. Dad, here is a picture of some of the different hats here.
Пока!!
Hi Ben ....
ReplyDeleteGreat update. Loved the pictures and your captions. Remember, we are living this adventure through you so what is every day to you is anything but every day for us.
Did the pizza at Pizza Hut taste like here? Were you at some outdoor market to get the picture of all the hats?
Have a good week.
Be safe,
Love,
Mom
P.S. $10 for a picture with you in it :)
Great pictures, Ben. Makes me think of a scrapbook...but that's just me...and you know how I love scrapbooks!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen any effects of the Icelandic volcano in Moscow?
Take care.
Love, Aunt Patti
Enjoying your posts and pictures...also learning a bit about Moscow too. One of my daily "favorites"! Which one of those hats did you buy for yourself?
ReplyDeleteVickie
Glad you are back . . . missed you. Fun to see some of your everyday surroundings - quite different than Avon Lake - not too many tanks or museums here. :)
ReplyDeleteIs it Spring there? The temperatures look about the same (at least for the next week or so) as here. Do they have flower gardens with tulips and daffodils? Just had to give you more questions to answer!
Love, Aunt Paula
Thanks for the hat picture, Ben! I would like to use one as a muff for my hands. Bet they're warm!
ReplyDeleteBen, you should take of picture of you standing next to a picture of Stalin and you guys could be like twins with your matching mustaches! I think that is a fabulous idea :)
ReplyDeleteBen,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pics and the info. This blog has become one of my Favorite stops also. Sometime when you're trying to think of something to post, go out and get some pictures of your favorite cars. When I went to Germany, back in the day, I was amazed at how many different automobiles there were there than in America. And they were so different. Keep up the good posts. You are quite the Grand Ambassador for Russia!
Apologies again for the late comment. . .
ReplyDeleteThe pics are great Ben! I would be at that pizza hut everyday! And how come the sun never shines in Russia?? Just wondering haha
Take care!!