What's Up Al ? 遊記隨筆 生活點滴

We landed in Moscow as Spring was in the air with a mild 25C and we headed for our first Metro / Train ride with hardly any signs showing Latin alphabets. Somehow, it was easier than we had thought as the Moscow transport system ran like clockwork with precise departures, very comfortable and modern. At the same time thanks to Mandy, the wizard girl of working out Cyrillic alphabets, she felt right at home as she pointed out when we ought to be getting off at Rizhskaya for our beds for the nights to come ! There's something in Mandy's Maths background that always helped when it came to symbols, patterns, sequences and timetables ... but that's another story. The next day we could not wait to explore the Red Square, the Kremlin, Lenin's Mausoleum and St. Basil's Cathedral and they all lived up to our imagination as we felt the immensity, glory and pride around this quite unique area in the world. 

We took long walks around Moscow and enjoyed greatly the sights this city had to offer : the Moscow River, Peter The Great Statue, Cathedral Of Christ The Saviour, Art Muzeon Sculpture Park, GUM (a stylish, airy multi-level department store right opposite The Kremlin), VDNKh (an enormous ground comprising of fountains, exhibition halls and palaces show casing Socialist achievements), Izmailovo with its Disney-like fairy-style Kremlin, the Bolshoi Theatre as well as countless beautiful churches. A day out in the small town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) about 2 hours bus ride, allowed us a glimpse of the world beyond the Moscow metropolis and we enjoyed some green space as well as visiting the famous spectacular cathedrals. Fond feelings for Moscow grew on us as the mild and blue Spring days passed and we have very good impressions of this great city and we felt a tinge of sorrow when we had to depart for St. Petersburg !