Today was a relaxing day as we approached Moscow. The leaves have come on the trees and wild flowers are blooming. The canal is narrow for the most part and the green grass and trees that line it are a welcome sight. We ate lunch and about 2:30 we arrived at the dock. As soon as we were docked we left on our city tour. We went first to Christ the Savior church which was beautiful-it is new though. Then we went to Red Square, St Basil’s cathedral and the GUM dept store that is right there at Red Square. Everything is right at Red Square and it was neat to see it the first day. We had a little over an hour after the tour to wander around on our own. We watched the changing of the guards and went into the grocery store at GUM and wandered around. Next came the discovery event of Moscow traffic. Oh brother! It was not as bad as China, but almost. Cars switched lanes and were stopped and backed up. We now understand what all the warnings about it have been about. We were glad we had cancelled out on the Moscow at night as we were tired and did not think we could take a bus ride back into town.
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