Last Day in Moscow

Last Day in Moscow




Our last day in Russia is here and while it has been a wonderful trip, we are quite ready to head home. I am tired and after awhile, I have absorbed about all the history I can at one time. Today we went to Sparrows Hill to have a good view over Moscow. Then we headed to Maiden ? Cemetery, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. Many people are buried there that are famous including Pavlov, Kruchev, Yeltsen, and several others-as you can see, I can’t spell any of them? Can you? It was very interesting and we saw sculptors working on headstones and learned about how the families take care of relatives graves. Then we went on the metro , a learning experience for anyone who has not done it on their own. The stations here are decorated and beautiful. We only went to 3 of them. The prettiest ones she said are on the circle line that is so crowded that there is no way she could take us all together and make it through. We had seen enough, I think and were glad to get back on the bus to go back to the ship, though we could have changed lines and gotten there faster by metro. The metro station is just a nice walk through the pretty park and under the underpass, about a 10 minute walk. Lunch was waiting for us when we got back and it was a good fried turkey something or other and we enjoyed it. We then walked over to the shopping center to see if we could find wifi so we could check in with Delta. It was not to be found for the computer. I was able to get on with my iphone in the hall outside the metaphone store on the first floor but not enough to get the internet to come up fast enough to get to Delta on the computer. So we got our mail and checked messages and gave up. There is a good grocery store on the bottom of that mall which is on the right hand side of the street as you walk down, for anyone who ever happens to take this trip. There is a closer one but this other one is bigger and cheaper. We got a Coke for tomorrow morning and headed back through the park, enjoying the cool shade of the trees as it is up to nearly 70 today and it feels balmy. The birds are out and singing and we saw several we had not seen before. The tulips in the park are at their peak and just lovely. Spring comes fast here-to think how cool it was even a week ago and it is supposed to be 85 tomorrow.

We leave for the airport at 10 AM tomorrow for our 12:55 flight to JFK. Think we have 4 hours layover there and then on to Atlanta. I am looking forward to calling during our 4 hour layover and really catching up on the news.

We have packed our suitcases except for throwing in the clothes we are wearing today and hopefully it will all fit in when we do that and not be over the weight limit! The never seem to pack as neatly going home! It has been an amazing trip and we have made new friends and come to love a wonderful young lady named Natasha that showed so much of her love for her country in her time with us. We are very grateful to her and will treasure the memories of our time with her and her country.