July 21, 2007

                       

We went to the Kremlin today.  What a sight to see those magnificent walls!  Incredible!

We saw the Tsar’s cannon and bell.  We saw the Annunciation Church – magnificent!  We also were able to witness a military ceremony.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t get close to the action – there were a ton of people.

We toured the Armoury.  A few of the exhibits consisted of the carriages of the royal family, coronation gowns, old armor dating back to the Middle Ages, and fancy china and silverware.  They also had a throne from Ivan the Terrible!

We ate lunch at SBarros -sorta a funny place to eat in Moscow!

We then took a bus trip of some sites in Moscow. We saw Moscow University.  We saw the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.  We visited the Great Patriotic War Museum (Russians refer World War II as the Great Patriotic War). One funny notation: one of the exhibits referred to the D-day forces as “Anglo-American expeditionary” forces.  I’d never heard that term used for the Allies before in this context! 🙂

A group of us wanted to go back to the downtown area so we were dropped off at the Kremlin to walk around.  A group of us had a nice dinner and took the Metro back to the hotel.

Sorta a long day of touring.  Our trip is almost over!  It’s so hard to believe that almost a month ago I arrived in this beautiful country!