Tomorrow we're up early to get a bus to the airport for our 12:15 flight to JFK in New York... I think everyone's about ready; it's not too difficult to read some of the shifts in the group dynamics. ;)
Today we visited, as you can tell from the previous posts, Red Square to see Lenin's mausoleum and St. Basil's Cathedral. I split from the group to return to the hotel to do some emailing/blogging before church at 5pm. Everyone else went on to the Arbat, a big shopping area where there's a Hard Rock Cafe the Americans just love to go into. I've been there a few times already, so...
...here I am. Contemplating lunch, actually, as it's currently about 1:30pm.
It's been a great trip, so far, but I really have to say that I enjoyed the more "real life" adventures of Vladimir and Murom. I like St. Pete and Moscow, but I'd rather live here for awhile among the natives than wander through the tourist spots... But all the places we've been in both cities are, I suppose, part of the See Russia experience, so I can't really complain. I've seen things I hadn't seen before, so for me it's been a VERY worthwhile experience!! (And our group is a good one-- everyone gets along with one another, which doesn't always happen with prolonged travel programs like this.)
Unless something more blog-worthy happens, I'll send up a last photo from the airport as we're saying Прощай! (Farewell!) to Moscow...
So, in advance, thanks for tuning in and keeping an eye on me/us here in Russia. It sure has been an odyssey!
Пока!
E.B.
