Our guide was called Tatiana and was currently on her gap year. She took us round some of the lesser known sights and things she felt that we ought to see. This included a supermarket that was built ridiculously splendidly and various statues of Russians (they like Pushkin alot- he was the first Russian to write in Russian, not French)
In the afternoon we headed to a big market where we picked up a russian doll of all the leaders of Russia since the last Tsar. After a bit of bargaining we got it for a fairly good price!!As it was so cold Tatiana suggested us going to the Bread museum (yup I know) for a "gingerbread masterclass." This turned out to be a class for children which involved shaping the gingerbread and putting some icing on. We made the best of it and I made a gingerbread Matrushka doll and Adam made Lenin which the ladies loved...
We headed to Gorky park to finish the day where we saw a witches house and I pretended to be a Kosmonaut....
The next day we headed to the Kremlin. It was pretty impressive and contained several churches. Unfortunately our camera died at this point so we didn't get many photos. We plan to get some from our fellow traveller Monique!!
After this we went to Red square and to St Basil's cathedral, which was absolutely stunning. I know it sounds silly but you really felt like you were in Russia with that as the backdrop!!!
Unfortunately we didn't get to see Lenin as the whole mausoleum was covered up. The rumour in Moscow is that there are 2 Lenins so at least 1 has to be waxwork. In our opinion it sounds like if there are 2 then both are!!!Next stop, Irkutz
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