ВДНХ and St. Basil's

Honestly, I could not be more overwhelmed with things to do. I leave for vacation in less than 24 hours. And yet, here I am blogging!

I'm finding that it's a lot easier to just post pictures with explanations, than try to explain everything followed by pictures for clarification. So without further ado...

ВДНХ:
ВДНХ (pronounced V.D.N.Ha.) is a park on the north end of Moscow. Everyone in my group had been there but me. Luckily, Jenn, Elizabeth and Logan wanted to check it out some more last Saturday. It was SO cold. And we ran out of time to go see the attraction we meant to visit (Ostankino TV Tower). But that just means we have a reason to go back :)

We got to ride the pretty metro trains!

We got to ride the pretty metro trains!

Oquirrah Mountain Temple or Russian Monument?
You decide.

ВДНХ

ВДНХ

Ostankino TV Tower
(next time we'll go inside!)

St. Basil's Cathedral:
Jenn and I had a little bit of free time on Tuesday morning. So we went to St. Basil's downtown at Red Square. This is the ONLY cathedral I've been to that has allowed photography.

Inside one of the metro stations...
You're supposed to rub the dog's nose for good luck!

English Bar & Grill
LONDON GRILL

Red Square

St. Basil's!

The Last Supper

A random chair I found outside

Jesus walking on water

And last but not least, other pictures from this week that I wanted to include!

Russian Roulet! Literally.
And for less than $1 at that.

My Favorites!
Daniyar (left) & Dyoma (right)

Babushka made us yummy pizza!
(The white stuff is mayonnaise)

Russian Native American performers at ВДНХ

Love from Russia,

Paul

The Moscow River & "AFI" Mall

This blog post will be short. But I wanted to post some pictures before the busy weekend.

I went to a park by my apartment that has a river walk. I took off my gloves long enough to touch the water. :)

Monument

 I also went to the Strogino Bakery (on my bucket list). I bought a "Kartoshka." It's the Russian version of a brownie. Oh my heavens, it was good. And for 81 cents to boot!

After posting about the "Vegas" mall on my bucket list, I heard about "AFI" mall (bigger and better). At 4 stories tall, I would guess this mall housed around 50 stores a floor. I could have spent hours here!

Miniature Eiffel Tower? Check. 

Well hello there, American stores!

Just for you, Andrew. 

The skyscrapers from my blog's background!

Because life sized is always the best option.

 And last but not least, some pictures of my kids from this week.

We were playing a version of pin the tail on the donkey.
Except it was fruit on a tree. :) 

Some of my 1st graders.

Dress up in Kindergarten

Dress up in Kindergarten

And that my friends, is a typical week here in Moscow.

-Teacher Paul