Day 5, Moscow

Red Square

We arrive back in Moscow on Wednesday morning. We actually slept on the train and enjoyed the ride. I like the train a whole lot after the Ritz! Not to mention much of our anxiety had faded knowing Oliver was the right baby for us, etc. They dropped us off at the Marriott Courtyard and our missing luggage had arrived while we were gone. Yeah!! Coats for our day of sightseeing. We had previously arranged with Peace Travel to have a driver/guide for the day who spoke English. He was expected at 11:00 but we pushed it back a bit due to our getting to the hotel late. We ran upstairs and put on clean clothes for the first time in days! We had clean underwear the whole time but that was about it.

St Basils Cathedral

We went down and met Constantine, our driver/guide and had a wonderful day with him. We both were dragging and had dreaded going but knew if we didn't we would regret it. We went Arbat Street (tourist area) for souviners, Red Square and then Christ the Savior church. All of which were beautiful. St. Basils cathedral is amazing and the church was awesome. We went in the mall at Red Square (not Gum, too expensive) for a late lunch and had belini, soup, salad and kavas at a fast food place in the food court. Constantine ordered for us and it was great except Dons' belini had beet sauce on it but he liked it. All of the stores had English names. It was neat, all underground. We finished off our day at a market on Tverskya Street. What a day!

Don was sleeping on the bed at 7:30 and I woke him up and drug him downstairs for dinner since I didn't want to lay in bed another night dreaming of a meal! The next day we left Moscow. When we saw our friends, Brian and Jackie. First thing Jackie says is "I take you got your luggage. I don't recognize the outfit." Oh if only it wasn't true! We are proof that even Floridians can survive Russia in the winter without coats!