As most of you know I recently spent a week in Moscow for work. I didn't get much chance to play tourist, but I did get a few pictures. I also got to commute for an hour each way on the Moscow subway with another American who did not speak Russian. We only took a wrong train once.

If I have any facts wrong, please let me know. we didn't have a guide, so were going by what little cyrillic we could decipher.

click the pics for larger views

can you read cyrillic? what restaurant is this? (answer at end of post)
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1808.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1808.JPG)

how about this one?
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1818.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1818.JPG)

outside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1752.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1752.JPG)

inside view of entrance to red square. they made the arched gates smaller so tanks can no longer drive through
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1771.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1771.JPG)

chapel just inside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1755.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1755.JPG)

GUM (mall), inside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1759.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1759.JPG)

Lenin's tomb
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1760.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1760.JPG)

me in front of St. Basil's
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1762.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1762.JPG)

St. Basil's without me
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1763.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1763.JPG)

St. Basil's at night
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1857.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1857.JPG)

the Kremlin and monument, I think it is supposed to be part of the original wall
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1824.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1824.JPG)

the Russian equivalent of tomb of the unknown soldier
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1842.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1842.JPG)

cool building near red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1863.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1863.JPG)

statue of Lenin across the street from the Bolshoi theater
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1774.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1774.JPG)

the Bolshoi theater
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1775.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1775.JPG)

cathedral of Christ the Saviour. It was destroyed by Stalin and recently rebuilt.
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1777.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1777.JPG)

Moscow State University and typical Moscow weather at about 9:00 am
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1793.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1793.JPG)

Moscow State University at night
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1789.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1789.JPG)

Moscow State University at night with fog
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1805.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1805.JPG)

outside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1752.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1752.JPG)

Answers to quiz:

another pic of the first restaurant
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1808.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1808.JPG)

the second one was TGI Fridays.

Those pictures are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing. those are really interesting. Some of those buildings are crazy

That is way cool Brent. I just wish I would get on a damn plane and fly that long. Edit - I mean my g/f does.

Thanks for sharing those pics

GUM (mall), inside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1759.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1759.JPG)



Inside Redsquare :silly: I was thinking like this:
http://www.myfruityimage.com/uploads/fa334d3ade.jpg

Nice shots Brent -- Way cool -- Looks like you had pretty decent weather also.
Thank's for sharing with us :clap: :clap:

That is way cool Brent. I just wish I would get on a damn plane and fly that long. Edit - I mean my g/f does.

Thanks for sharing those pics

12.5 hours on a plane from Moscow to Atlanta really sucks, but it's almost worth it. I don't get much time to see the sights when I travel, but I usually get a few free hours.

GUM (mall), inside red square
http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/T_Img_1759.jpg (http://www.towayalane.com/scionlife/moscow/IMG_1759.JPG)



Inside Redsquare :silly: I was thinking like this:
http://www.myfruityimage.com/uploads/fa334d3ade.jpg

I like the red square. The building actually makes up the side of the square opposite the Kremlin and Lenin's tomb.

Nice shots Brent -- Way cool -- Looks like you had pretty decent weather also.
Thank's for sharing with us :clap: :clap:

It's the warmest November in recorded history. When I got there Sunday it was sunny, then cloudy and gray until Saturday when I left.

Brent those are some great pics. :bow: Thanks for sharing them with us. St. Basil's at night was awesome.

dude, great pics!