St. Basil's in daylight--would have been even better had the sky been blue! Except for one rainy day, this was the only cold, gray day we had.
St. Basil's up close and personal.
Straight across from St. Basil's in Red Square.
Lenin's tomb. Unfortunately it wasn't open. But he's still in there for all to see!
Just about the whole gang in Red Square.
Getting ready to head down into the Cold War bunker, six stories underground.
One of the tunnels in the Cold War Bunker. These seemed endless.
Here we go down one of the tunnels.
Stanford's Provost, AK-47 in hand!
A model of the whole bunker, where I believe about 1000 people worked at a time.
Kazansky Train Station, the leaving point for all east-bound trains from Moscow. (The city of Kazan is the next stop heading east.)
All aboard!
The hallway of car #10. There were 6 compartments in each "Silver Class" car; the "Gold Class" cars had slightly larger rooms, so there were just 5 compartments per car.
The nameplate outside my compartment.
Home sweet home.
My compartment set up for the night. The attendants turned the cabins over while we were at dinner and again at breakfast.
The necessities: bottled water, hand sanitizer and vodka, of course!--were already on the table in our compartments when we arrived. I have a funny story to tell about the vodka when we get to Mongolia.
Bathroom view #1: Though the chemical toilet smelled weird, it was the most funky and functional bathroom ever. The bathroom WAS the shower. You pulled a curtain around, hiding the toilet and sink, and turned the faucet on. The floor drained the water almost immediately. To keep the water going, you had to push a knob every 10 seconds (the silver knob, just under the green shampoo bottle). Boy, was that a good lesson about how much water we waste by letting the shower run...
Bathrrom view #2 (I really needed a wide angle lens!): There's the shower--pretty cool, huh?
