Saturday, April 14. 2007
Dispatches of russia
Got around to updating this after a few days off line
Well, the Hermitage is big. Very big. It has about 2.5 million exhibits,
makes Te Papa look very small in comparison. Spent about 4 hours walking
around looking at works of art. Getting to see works of De Vince and the
like. Pretty cool when get to see some works have seen on the History
channel recently.
After finishing up in St Petersburg, was off to Moscow overnight by train.
Spent the day walking around the Red Square and visiting Lenin, pretty
much looks as though made of wax.
Included a fun couple of hours of Metro station hopping. The Russia’s made
a number of the underground stations pretty much works of art. Made for
fun jumping on and off the trains…
Well, the Hermitage is big. Very big. It has about 2.5 million exhibits,
makes Te Papa look very small in comparison. Spent about 4 hours walking
around looking at works of art. Getting to see works of De Vince and the
like. Pretty cool when get to see some works have seen on the History
channel recently.
After finishing up in St Petersburg, was off to Moscow overnight by train.
Spent the day walking around the Red Square and visiting Lenin, pretty
much looks as though made of wax.
Included a fun couple of hours of Metro station hopping. The Russia’s made
a number of the underground stations pretty much works of art. Made for
fun jumping on and off the trains…
Going through the Kremlin next day made for an interesting visit. As going
to there, came across a massive build up in Police in fatigues around the
Red Square. Some threats had been made on Putin, so guessing likely to be
the reason. Afterwards walked around the sight of central Moscow.
Things got interesting once got to Gorky Park. Being spring, not really up
and running yet, very surreal walking around a huge park in the central of
Moscow and pretty much no one there. Was like walking around inside the
movie 28 Days Later…
to there, came across a massive build up in Police in fatigues around the
Red Square. Some threats had been made on Putin, so guessing likely to be
the reason. Afterwards walked around the sight of central Moscow.
Things got interesting once got to Gorky Park. Being spring, not really up
and running yet, very surreal walking around a huge park in the central of
Moscow and pretty much no one there. Was like walking around inside the
movie 28 Days Later…
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