Going for a walk

привет, my friend!

Right after my previous post, I went for a walk around downtown Moscow. I went down Tzverskaya Boulevard (I dare someone to say Tzverskaya three times really fast while eating Nilla wafers), until I reached the Kremlin. On the way, I passed many familiar eateries, such as Sbarro (2 of them), McD's, KFC and TGI Fridays (wihout the TGI, I'll try to find out why).

Downtown Moscow is awesome! The Kremlin is really impressive and St Basil Cathedral is the most beautiful building I've ever seen. The church was built to honor the victory over Mongol Tatars in 1555. The legend has it that, after its completion, Ivan the Terrible asked the architect whether he would be able to replicate such a magnificient building. The architect, who wanted to please Ivan and was probably on the lookout for new contracts, said he could certainly replicate it. Ivan then had the architect's eyes poked out to keep him from making anything to rival St Basil. See pic below:

On the way back, I followed my habit of eating junk food from street vendors. I had the Russian version of a hot dog, which is made by poking a hole into the bread (like an olive without its pit), squirting mustard in it and then sliding the weiner. Interesting and very tasty. This is me eating the hot dog:

Well, that's it for the day. I'm gonna have dinner now and go to bed, before jet lag kills me.

пока!