What a sight we were to Russian passersby who saw us staring intently at the theater announcements, sounding out words in ultra slow motion! 3 second vowels followed by a variety of consonants-- "Moliere" turned into, "Mmmmmmm-oaoaoaoll ieeeyyyyyyyyeeeeiiiii prrrr." Les met some graduates of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Actors Training Program: Nicola and Vanya.
We spent some time at the Kremlin. I was surprised that most of what we saw were cathedrals. Amazing art on all the walls shined in gold and black. The halos and deep set eyes of all those important to the Russian Orthodox religion kept us gazing at each other. I thought I would bring Jack Easterling to see the architecture and the Bolshoi.
The Red Square had the famous St. Basil Cathedral that was whimsical, colorful and astounding in its form. The area of the mausoleum looked almost exactly like that for Uncle Ho in Vietnam.
The guys at the hostel raved about this Russian non-alcoholic beer, but it tasted too much like Molasses for me.
Now I'm back at the hostel after making an omelet and brownies and sharing them around. I'm not sure where I will be able to access the internet again, as we are off to the train tomorrow: Siberia!
The Red Square had the famous St. Basil Cathedral that was whimsical, colorful and astounding in its form. The area of the mausoleum looked almost exactly like that for Uncle Ho in Vietnam.
Love it. I was there in 1987. It looks much less military now and a bit less orderly, especially Red Square. Do they still have Lenin on display? He wasn't looking so good the last time I was there.
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Lenin IS there. We declined to view. We didn't see a lot of military presence. Nice day!
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