Monday, September 20, 2004
Moscow
Big city, big prices. On the whole, the city has turned into a busy modern metropole with still enough russian (and sovietic) particularities to keep it from being bland.
Of course, we did our tourist duties. First the Red Square and St-Basil's Cathedral:
Then the Tetryakov gallery (huge collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art, starting with 10s century icons), the sovietic All-Russia Exhibition Center, the tsarist GUM shopping center, the metro with which we rode many kilometers, and eventually even got inside the Kremlin!
... tourists inside the Kremlin:
... horse on parade inside the Kremlin:
But there is much more to Moscow than this. Many other churches have been rebuilt or renovated lately and the street are well kept, so it was agreable enough just to walk around.
Of course, we did our tourist duties. First the Red Square and St-Basil's Cathedral:
Then the Tetryakov gallery (huge collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art, starting with 10s century icons), the sovietic All-Russia Exhibition Center, the tsarist GUM shopping center, the metro with which we rode many kilometers, and eventually even got inside the Kremlin!
... tourists inside the Kremlin:
... horse on parade inside the Kremlin:
But there is much more to Moscow than this. Many other churches have been rebuilt or renovated lately and the street are well kept, so it was agreable enough just to walk around.
