Weather: -1 degree. Awesome sky colour as you can see on the pics....
La Place Rouge:
Red Square:
Le Kremlin et St Basil's Cathedral.
The Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral.
Mausolee de Lenine:
Lenin's Tomb:
Je pensais voir le tombeau de Lenine... pas Lenine directement.. J'etais pas vraiment preparee psychologiquement... Donc voila j'ai vu Lenine, pour quelques secondes parce qu'on n'est uniquement autorise a marche autour du corps, il est interdit de s'arreter.
Le corps de Lenine a ete embaume et est expose depuis l'annee de sa mort en 1924. Le mausolee est maintenu a une temperature de 16,6°C, le taux d'humidite y est de 70 %. Selon une etude recente, apres plus de 80 ans de conservation, l'etat du corps de Lenine reste excellent....
I thought I would see Lenin's tomb... But I actually saw Lenin! It only lasted for a short period of time as we are only allowed to walk around the body but not to stop (and lots of policeman are making sure you don't!). Lenin's body has been on display since the year of his death in 1924. The Mausoleum is kept at 16,6°C and 70% of humidity. A recent study explained that the body was still in excellent conditions....
St Basil's Cathedral:
Construite entre 1554 et 1563.
Built between 1554 and 1563.
Novodevichy Convent:
Le couvent de Novodievitchi fut fonde en 1524, il est reste pratiquement inchange depuis le XVIIe siecle.
The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524, it has remained almost intact since the 17th century.
Le parc de l'autre cote de la rue:
Park Across the Street:
Les remparts du couvent:The Convent Walls:
Bell Tower:
Porokhorov Chapel and Smolensk Cathedral:
Lopukhina Building:
Un cadran solaire, non mais sans decon... ??? Quelqu'un m'explique comment ca marche un cadran solaire sans soleil? Parce que ca fait quasi 10 jours que je suis a Moscou et ca fait 10 jours que je n'ai pas vu le soleil, meme pas une minute...A sundial... Don't get it at all... Can someone explain to me how a sundial works... without any sun??? Just as a reminder; at that time, I had been in Moscow for 10 days and I hadn't seen the sun since then, even for a minute....
The Smolensk Cathedral:
The Porokhorov Chapel:
Entree:Entrance:
Assumption Chruch:
The Smolensk Cathedral:
Musee du Couvent:Museum in the Convent:
The Smolensk Cathedral and the Bell Tower:
Bell Tower:
The Pond Tower and Sofia's Chambers:
Novodevichy Cemetery:
L'equivalent de notre Pere Lachaise, il a ete ouvert en 1849.
The cemetery holds the tombs of Russian authors, musicians, actors, political leaders, scientists, etc.
Chocolat Chaud au Cafe Pushkin:
Hot Chocolate at Cafe Pushkin:
Ben il etait bien bon notre petit chocolat chaud, et puis on a ete recus comme des rois!
Yummmmmmmmmmm :) Quite a push place....
Tverskoy Bull:Sur la meme avenue que le Cafe Pushkin, un espace vert separe l'avenue sur toute sa longueur.
Outside of Cafe Pushkin and all along this big avenue, a large green space divides the cars going different ways.
Patinoire:
Skating rink:
Deuxieme tentative d'aller a la patinoire de la Place Rouge... Cette fois, nous n'avons pas pu entrer parce que c'etait une soiree privee....
Second attempt to go skating on Red Square... We couldn't get in because that night was like a private/special night for whatever uni....
Diner au restaurant 'Soup':
Dinner at Soup:
Pour la premiere fois nous sommes alles a Soup, pas loin de l'hotel pour diner.... Et il y aura bien d'autres soirees tardives a Soup par la suite...
First time we went to Soup, close from the hotel... And it won't be a one time visit! We had quite a few late nights there with Romain and Carlos (my colleague from the US).
