More than a year later, the final post I said I would do

The Novodevichy Convent & cemetery in Moscow. It was founded in the 16th Century and today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.






































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Merry Christmas!!!!!!

Just a few photos of holiday decorations in Moscow, taken before I left:



They have all of this great new stuff built behind the Red Square, outside of Ploschad Revolutsii Metro. Rows and rows of souvenir shops, hot tea and other food vendors, and wooden rides!!! This is a mini-ferris wheel that is pumped by man power!




The ice skating rink outside of GUM-




Christmas, Lenin, and Canon at Oktyabrskaya metro-


And this is year-round, but a couple of pictures of the beautiful Eleseevskiy store(/palace!!) on Tverskaya Ulitsa, a must see!

just check out those chandeliers, the mirros, the walls... it's the most luxurious shopping experience!

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close up...



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crap, I can't get it to work right.

Close up of the Cathedral-


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Walking East on the island, looking across the lake you see this-


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That's a beer bottle (one of many) littered onto the sheet of ice that's covering the lake. Stay classy Moscow!

This made me giggle:







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Iran + Russia + U.S. = nukes in bad hands