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St. Basil's and Red Square  
   

St. Basil's and Red Square

We made it to Red Square (so called because it was originally a market square on red coloured ground- nothing to do with Communism!) and saw inside St. Basil's Cathedral. It really does look as colourful as a gingerbread cake!
Moscow

December 1st 2005
Sat. 26 November Arrived in the evening at Moscow Airport after flying with Aeroflot, the major Russian airline. They still have the hammer and sickle as their airline symbol. It was a forty-five minute ride to our hotel in the city centre. We noted right away how flat the city is. We wasted little time after checking into our hotel to run to the nearby 24-hour shop and purchase some samp ... read more
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