Tuesday 13 March
We woke up to an overcast day in Moscow. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until Wednesday to pick up Andrew from the orphanage , so today we had a day off. Scott made us a lovely breakfast and then we mapped out our plan for the day. We decided to visit the Lenin Mausoleum first - for some reason the Red Square was blocked off but the security guard pointed us in the right direction. Upon entering the mausoleum it was very dark and security was there to tell us which way to go. It was very eerie to think about how long he has been there and open for viewing. He was in the center of a large room in a coffin draped in red fabric. It took about 2-3 minutes to walk through. Upon exiting we were directed to a memorial area of former politicians and leaders of the communist era.
Our next stop was to see the Diamond fund. This is a dazzling display of diamonds, gold and silver. The diamonds nearly blinding at the first sight. We also took another tour of the Armory museum, we had done this as part of a tour on a previous trip, but wanted to spend some more time on our own. It wasn't very crowded so it was nice to leisurly view the Faberge eggs, gowns, carriages and armour.
We returned to the hotel for lunch and made plans for the afternoon. We wanted to find the Izmaylovo market so we decided to take the metro - oops....we went one metro station too many and after wandering around the wrong area (we did find a large produce/meat market which Scott enjoyed) we decided to head back to the apartment. That was when we realized what we had done....so back on the Metro. We found the market but by this time they were closing for the day. We will see how things go in the next few days and possibly return with Andrew.
It was great to return to the apartment and relax. Scott made us a delicious roast pork dinner with potatoes, carrots and cabbage. We went to sleep (or at least tried to sleep) as Elena will be picking us up at 0900 hours sharp.
We woke up to an overcast day in Moscow. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until Wednesday to pick up Andrew from the orphanage , so today we had a day off. Scott made us a lovely breakfast and then we mapped out our plan for the day. We decided to visit the Lenin Mausoleum first - for some reason the Red Square was blocked off but the security guard pointed us in the right direction. Upon entering the mausoleum it was very dark and security was there to tell us which way to go. It was very eerie to think about how long he has been there and open for viewing. He was in the center of a large room in a coffin draped in red fabric. It took about 2-3 minutes to walk through. Upon exiting we were directed to a memorial area of former politicians and leaders of the communist era.
Our next stop was to see the Diamond fund. This is a dazzling display of diamonds, gold and silver. The diamonds nearly blinding at the first sight. We also took another tour of the Armory museum, we had done this as part of a tour on a previous trip, but wanted to spend some more time on our own. It wasn't very crowded so it was nice to leisurly view the Faberge eggs, gowns, carriages and armour.
We returned to the hotel for lunch and made plans for the afternoon. We wanted to find the Izmaylovo market so we decided to take the metro - oops....we went one metro station too many and after wandering around the wrong area (we did find a large produce/meat market which Scott enjoyed) we decided to head back to the apartment. That was when we realized what we had done....so back on the Metro. We found the market but by this time they were closing for the day. We will see how things go in the next few days and possibly return with Andrew.
It was great to return to the apartment and relax. Scott made us a delicious roast pork dinner with potatoes, carrots and cabbage. We went to sleep (or at least tried to sleep) as Elena will be picking us up at 0900 hours sharp.
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