I feel like a lot happened today.
We didn’t have any excursions booked until late tonight so
we had most of the day to explore. Each metro station has a shopping center
around it so we headed out to our metro station on our own this morning. This
one has quite few shopping centers around it, some more commercial than others.
The ship to the metro station is quite a walk. There’s a mix of retail stores, grocery
stores, a few souvenir shops, salons and a number of markets out here. It’s not
very often you find a grocery store in a shopping mall. This seemed to be very common
in China too. We actually went out to the shopping centers twice today. The first
time was to explore and we went out a second time after lunch to actually shop.
Our excursion tonight was quite interesting. Russia won
their soccer match tonight and advanced to the next bracket in the World Cup so
everyone was out celebrating. The streets were packed with excited soccer fans and
it seemed impossible to get anywhere. It’s like nothing I’ve seen before! The scenery
out here is the also incredible night. We’ve seen these Buildings, boulevards
and cathedrals before but to see them illuminated at night is something magical.
We started out in the Red Square and
made our way across a bridge where we were right in the middle of Russia’s
victory celebration! Our guide made a joke that Russian’s don’t express emotion
very often so for something like this to happen is something incredible. We
made our way to a few tour boats and drifted along the Moscow River. We saw the
most beautiful buildings and bridges on our tour, which were also filled with celebrating
soccer fans might I add. I honestly don’t know how to express the excitement that
was happening tonight in words.
After our river tour we went to Victory Park on Poklonnaya
Hill, the highest spot in Moscow. Victory Park is a memorial commemorating Russia’s
victory over Nazi Germany in WWII. There’s a few museums and memorials here but
the highlight of this spot is the fountain that’s Illuminated red at night, it’s
absolutely beautiful. We didn’t do much exploring but the view here is amazing.
By the time we got back it was after midnight and we were
exhausted! It was way past my bedtime.
We have another early day tomorrow!
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