Thursday, December 29, 2011

Night Tour of Moscow


The first image was taken as the sun went down and the lights came on along the facade of the splendid GUM department store. Great shame about the ice rink constructed in front of GUM.
The other images were taken during a night tour of the city. The obelisk is in Victory Park and commemorates Russia's limited successes in battles. The crescent moon completed the scene.
We then went to the lake in front of Novodevichy Convent - said to be where Tschaikovsky got inspiration for Swan Lake. True or not we toasted him with Vodka - any excuse does!!!
The final stop was back in Red Square

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ann,

Lovely pictures of Moscow & St Petersburg... I remember them well ..... thanks for the memories ... Tom