Moscow Big, Brash.

Hello Moscow in the Autumn is not the most popular place on the Tourist agenda but it is the end of the Trans Siberian line.

Our stay. Two days.

The tourist thing in Moscow is easy.

The Kremlin is a must including the Diamond exhibition and the Armoury. Exhibiting gems, gold, and special manufactured jewellery. The Armoury exhibits period costumes of the czars including the largest collection of coaches outside London.

The churches are everywhere and resplendent. Most are in various stages of renovation after years of being locked up, closed to worshippers under Soviets rule.

The city was to us really expensive. Accomodation was double most cities.

The temperature was not so cold compared to Siberia.

We heard stories of no food in the shops and the Moscovites doing it tough. We saw no evidence of this in fact the reverse seems to be true.

The image of the shops is an arcade in central Moscow It is a gorgeous building even if you do not like the retail experience.

However we had the tourist thing to ourselves. Not a lot of tourists too cold?

Our next stop is Saint Petersburg. Our night train leaves at 23.10.
The train is a sleeper commuter train slick clean and very very fast. 8 hours.

Next St Petersburg North of Moscow on the Baltic Sea traditional home of the Tzars for 500 years.



Image 1 end of the trans siberian line Moscow.
Image 2 inside Leninsky Moscow Station there are 3 stations.
Image 3 Red Square showing lines for the May Day Celebrations
Image 4 Spot Pam. The Tzars cannon Kremlin
Image 5 Gorgeous shopping mall