Cityscape - Moscow

Short update:

I'm sorry that the story about my  recent trip to Moscow comes gradually and with long pauses. I'm busy with my two jobs (I didn't quit my first one which is now managed by a new owner. We're not being friends but we can work together for the sake of work, so I kept it. Besides, the new job does not require my time on a regular basis so I'd better be productive with both).  Another thing that keeps me busy is my Russian language classes. I've taken up private classes 2 years ago but it was very irregular. I had classes as I pleased. (bad student :) I have achieved some level but I guess it isn't enough. I'm taking it seriously this time. (new year's resolution *wink :)

Some photos from the downtown of Moscow. Those red towers are the towers of Moscow Kremlin. Now speaking of "Kremlin", please do not be confused because there is not only one Kremlin in Russia. For example, here where I live is also  Kremlin where the president of the Republic works and lives. You might have seen from my previous posts - it is white. While Moscow Kremlin is red. It is where the president if the Russian Federation lives and works at. It's more like "the Whitehouse" in the US. 

That's the river Moskva and beside it one of the main streets

I was standing on a bridge looking at those views.

On the other side is the continuation the river and the other side of the city away from the cith center.

Afar is the huge statue of Peter the Great- the great tsar who founded the city St.Petersburg. 

Peter the Great

He's my favorite guy in Russian history. 

Here's a closer look. That was all my zoom can do. I didn't bring any extra lens so...that's what I can share.

The pictures were all taken from the bridge. We didn't go neither to the Kremlin area (I've visited it in 2010) nor to where the statue was standing. It was cold & humid. As you can see from the pictures, there wasn't even sun. 

Next I'll show you what was on that bridge and why were we there exactly.

Thank you for being patient.

Scent of a trip

Have you ever smelled a trip coming? I don't  mean the sweat of people at the station but the scent of the airport, the train, the luggage, the tickets and the "changing air".

I've  been to the train station lately and I realized that I haven't been anywhere outside the city for the last two years. I've  been stuck with processing my documents andnow that they are ok, I  think it's time to move life along.

I missed my backpack, dragging a trolley bag, the feel of passport and tickets on my palm.

I got excited seeing the train go. I think I  really need to go somewhere...not very far, just go somewhere.