Seven Sisters Skyscraper

We started out at the Kremlin. Here’s one reason we had a very good tour guide. Our book said one could buy tickets to the armory and jewels, with admissiions every half hour. What it didn’t say is that they allow only 30 people for each half hour purchase tickets at the gate. Most of the people who get in buy tickets ahead. Our tour guide knew better, which is why we saw both without any extravagent lines. Indoor pictures were not allowed. I’ll group all the outdoor pictures at the bottom.

Moscow Diarama

Kruchev built 7 sky scrapers, known as the 7 sisters. We visited one of them, which is now a swanky hotel. The lobby had a diarama of Moscow as it was in the 50s, complete with an audio and lights show.

Sletvana got us into the observatory deck. Normally, people are admitted only if they are drinking at that bar, but Sletvana’s smooth personality allowed her to talk is in. We were the only ones up there. This picture is of the White House, which is where the Duma was meeting when Yeltsin climbed up onto a tank and ended the coup against Breznev.

We finised up with a river cruise. We leave the hotel at 5 AM tomorrow to get to the airport for our flight to Paris, then Dulles. We arrive in Virginia at 4:30 PM. Driving home between 4 and 7 is insane. We will stay at the Holiday Inn near Dulles airport and drive home the next morning.

Danita and I at the world’s largest cannon. It’s likely a good thing it was never fired.

Danita and I at the world’s largest bell. It was more of a subsonic earthquake than a bell. If it hadn’t broken, its tone would be an octive lower than the lowest note on the piano. It would likely be a threat to the stone buildings nearby.

Eternal Flame, for the victums of WW II

I’m making a “Y” for “Yeltsin”, across the river from the Russian White House