FUN-travel: Moscow – Day 2
July 7, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 4 – Friday, July 4 – Moscow – blue skies w/occasional big puffy clouds – 70’s – sunrise 0’dark:30 – sunset – after 10 pm
Bolshoi Theatre
St. Basil’s Cathedral
What I LIKE
- 6:30 – wake up
- Feel refreshed
- Cappuccino – machine in lobby – 24/7 – just so so
- 8:00 – breakfast – nice fresh fruit – make sandwich to go
- 9:30 – bus departs for city tour
- 10:30 – 1st stop – New Maiden Convent park – 15 mins
- 11:00 – 2nd stop – New Maiden Cemetary – filled w/ lots of famous Russians – incredible ornate headstones & bronze busts & statues – 40 mins
- 12:00 – 3rd stop – Sparrow Hills – view of city w/little hills & Moscow state university – 15 mins
- 1:00 – 4th stop – Red Square – bordered by St. Basil’s cathedral, Lenin’s tomb, GUM department store & Moscow museum – free time
- 2:00 – lunch – Bosco Bar @ Gum – outdoor café on square – burrata salad, chicken Caesar, 2 draft beers – 1 russian & 1 german $$$$
- 3:00 – 5th stop – Moscow subway tour – called a museum due to rich collection of decorative materials
- 4:15 – 6th stop – Arbat Street – pedestrian shopping area – dates 15th century – many famous writers including Tolstoy lived here
- 5:45 – bus back to ship
- 7:00 – arrive
- 7:30 – dinner – more just so so food
- 10:30 – take sleeping pill
What I DON’T LIKE
- Lunch costs $85.00! OUCH
- No starbuck’s – only Mc Café – 2 iced lattes & bottle Perrier $10
- Traffic is brutal!
- Food on this ship not even comparable to the Uniworld Rhône river cruise – ship is Russian owned & only chartered by Uniworld
Moscow State University
FUN-fact – The décor in the Moscow Metro is palatial with marble, mosaics, stained-glass, life-sized statues, bronze fittings.
More FF – It consists of 170 stations, 11 lines and carries 7 million riders each day.
Metro Mosaic