In the Land of Matroskas and Communism

We finally got to Moscow after 5 days straight on the train. We met up with Marina, our honcho, then got our smelly selves into a shower. We went walking through Moscow, down Petrovsky Boulevard, into an epically decorated supermarket where Lee bought chocolate coated cottage cheese.

Then, just as we were casually walking along, thinking the day couldn’t get any better, when we passed a giant sign for HP7 part 2!! Unfortunately it was in Russian but I felt it was a great demonstration of the successes of democracy and freedom.

We also realised that Moscow has a lot of statues of which we don’t remember any of the names of. But man on chair was defintly a favourite and we rubbed one of their noses for luck?

We did the whole red square thing as well, which was really cool, and the whole place really just looked like a giant postcard.

And then we went back later when it was dark which was stunning.

That night we went to our new favourite restaurant with an all you can eat buffet. As expected, we went back the next night too.

andd we got a photo....

ON A BRIDGE IN MOSCOW :)
It was in GUM which was a fancier version of the QVB
We also pretty much mastered the underground subway line which was really confusing and all completely in Russian but the subway station were decorated amazingly with stained glass windows, marble floors and massive chandeliers.

We started the day of sight seeing with possibly the most important place in Moscow. MCDONALDS..but not just any McDonalds it was historic because it was the first in moscow. so it was practacly a museum

We went to see Lenin which doesn’t sound weird until you hear that it is a open casket with a man who has been dead for over 85 years. We went down these stairs in a dark and cold room and it was incredibly creepy and eerie. Sadly you couldn’t take pictures of his dead body.

We then went on our search for matroska (apparently not Babushka) dolls to Izmailovo Flea markets. Sooo many matroska dolls...

The journey would not be complete without some cute cats found as well.

We also found the History of Vodka Museum, entry comes with a free shot.

We met up with Marius and Tony for our last night all together. We went to old Arbat street and had middle eastern food. Had to say goodbye to Phat Tony :( very sad but we'll meet up in England when we squash into a phone booth and drink beer (for a popsicle stick?)

Then, at 12 at night we went to the train station and waited till 3am for our train to St Petersburg.