Thursday, August 19, 2010

Red Square, Moscow

The first destination that every tourist visits is of course, RED SQUARE.
I supposed it is called the RED SQUARE because of the numerous RED buildings and the RED Kremlin Walls?


The most recognisable Moscow landmark is located here at the RED SQUARE.
....which is...



St Basil's Cathedral



Close-up of St. Basil's
(For a small fee, you can enter the Cathedral....but we didn't)


Lenin's Mausoleum at the Kremlin Wall
(Entrance is FOC but queues were kinda long. Again, we didn't enter because we thought we would be in Moscow for two extra days...and was 'saving' till later

The State Historical Museum
(Entrance Fee required)


Kazan Cathedral



GUM Department Store
(I think the architecture of this store is quite magnificent. More pictures in another post)

3 comments:

Bryan and Brandon's Mama said...

It's soo pretty...the red square!!!!

bp said...

i'm here finally to come enjoy all your travel posts, welcome back from your various hols! if only we can afford to travel like this, far and wide. thanks for sharing, so i can travel "with you" via your posts, hehe :)

NomadicMom said...

Bryan and Brandon's Mama - I think it would be simply magical in WINTER...all covered in snow. But then hor, would probably freeze our butts off!!

bp - Hiya. Hiya. Moscow was because it is one of the mid-way stops for SIA enroute to Houston. Otherwise, don't think we would come here on purpose too.

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