Yesterday, I traveled by Metro with another fellow over to Red Square, where we had a difficult time finding the appropriate entrance. It took us a while, but we finally figured out that the Kremlin is the cluster of buildings inside the great red wall punctuated with guard and clock towers and turrets. Red Square abutted the walls of the Kremlin, and was bordered by a large red gate building on one end, and St. Basil’s Cathedral on the other. In the middle, on one side was Lenin’s tomb (open 10am-1pm), and on the other, GUM, a large, multi-layered, arcade like shopping mall. Great spaces overall. Leaving there, I bought some sandwich stuff, beer, and yogurt in a small grocery and had a small picnic in the park nearby. After eating, I read a few chapters in Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground and then took the Metro back to the hotel and rested for a while. My boss called around 6pm, and so we took a walk to orient her to the city. Afterward we attended a loose meeting and had a late dinner. Zzz. Can you tell that I’m ready to go home?
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