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woke up in the morning and went for breakfast..it was markus' birthday so i sent him a text message. we went up to our rooms and checked out. deposited our luggage in the train station..had to find the right one cos there were soooo many of them. and then we decided to take a lazy day and just visit the cathedral with the 9 domes on the red square. but first..we'll have lunch at the place we first had lunch in moscow. we then split up cos the rest wanted to go to a gift market and we kept walking cos arthur wanted to 'pass time'. it was damn cold cos the wind was really really strong. had some coffee..then dinner..then went back to the train station.

















remember. this means u can ONLY walk on the white lines.


i forgot to mention that on hindsight..i finally realized why 90% of pedestrian crossings in moscow are underground. given the speed the vehicles go at..even traffic lights can't save that much lives. and there's also why the metro network in moscow is so dense and frequent and efficient..though they do not give warning about closing doors and i got trapped between the doors =S damn scary also.

anyways we took the train to st petersburg. it was so horrible that it was really amusing. the temperature was biting cold outside and amazingly..it was so warm inside that we could sweat. and in the train from helsinki to moscow..there were 4 in a compartment. now..take out the door and the compartment..same bed..but a little smaller..and add 2 more beds 1 on top of the other along the side corridor. that's our train. the light was so dim it wasn't really light. and the windows can't be opened. and the beds are so small it was just right for my height. it was so amazing that i think it's damn funny and one hell of an experience and quite fun actually. oh and the french canadian guy sleeping in the bed next to me basically started taking off his shirt and jeans and slept in his underwear -_-" and his girl came and lied on top of him and they started kissing and i basically saw no evil and carried on talking to this smu guy sleeping along the 'corridor'. didnt manage to wash my face or wat and just slept. the train is due to arrive at 6.35am tomorrow morning.

and so we woke up and tried to go visit lenin's preserved body but it was closed..so we decided to go to the kremlin after lunch! another fact about russia. more than 80% of russians are orthodox christians..something that i think only eastern europe has. and they have soooooooo many churches and cathedrals. the kremlin itself has 9 or 7 or them. went to the world war II memorial place where they mourn the dead soldiers of everywhere they fought and brought back the soil and erected monuments. there were guards (as usual) guarding the fireplace (where there's a sculpture of a fallen sword..coat..and helmet of a soldier on top of each other) and the monument. and there's a change of guards every 1hour. we decided to eat first before going to the kremlin and see if we can catch the change of guards.








soldiers in blue


soliders in green


guards in dark blue


guard in blue





guards with the monument outside the kremlin


guards marching in


outside the kremlin








on the bridge inside the kremlin





the armoury part of the kremlin..where we cannot enter


the only view of what's inside





the cannons


church


first time i see a really clean car..and needless to say..it belongs to someone of the kremlin. am i surprised.





























someone got whistled at trying to cross this street not on the zebra crossing. yes there are guards at every zebra crossing and even though there's almost always no cars..u MUST only cross on the zebra crossing. this is russia.


the largest bell in the world..it can't ring and a part of it broke off cos there was a fire and they put too much water trying to put out the fire

















some kinda food court


to tell the truth..i really feel like knowing some KGB people or those people who work in the kremlin or some russian guy with those long black coats and black suits and look so serious and who was walking out of the kremlin. it is just so..mystifying and intriguing.


arthur with my scarf -_-"


the roads


bridge and another cathedral


the cathedral


view of the red square and kremlin


along a small street





starbucks in russia


by now we're really really dead tired from this entire trip and all the walking. my feet hurts a lot. my legs ache like mad. and somehow there's some pain on my skin on my legs. all this endless walking..even though i really wanna see the sights and stuff..it's really damn tiring. and my face was deteriorating by the day no matter how i wash my face and stuff. it's really really bad. anyways we settled down in starbucks and thought about dinner and the ballet performance at 7pm tonight. jo and doris had to go back to the hotel first and we carried on walking without them. bought stamps and postcards and we went on walking..took the metro to the KGB building and met zoltan and anna..only to have zoltan bring us to a place that already has an outlet on the street where we were before. damn pissed by then. we gobbled up our dinner cos zoltan was late and rushed to the theatre to watch the ballet. i've never watched a ballet in my life.


a very tired christien


drained


everyone needs a coffee











street performance


russian macdonalds


toilets


prettiest metro station





KGB building


the theatre





arthur and christien using their binoculars


damn tired. arthur zoltan jo went to some propaganda pub to 'see how it's like' while the rest of us went back. i realized the pain cos i had rashes all over my legs..and yes all over my body also. damn. damn damn damn. it started again. and my face was all peeling and everything. oh wells. slept. then jo came back with arthur and they woke me up and took a photo -_-" then they went to bang on christien's and judith's door before coming back and saying bye. i was really really irritated cos here i am damn tired and coming back early to sleep. u woke me up. and kept talking even when arthur left. and then i couldnt get back to sleep for more than an hr. oh gosh.