My first stop today was the Fallen Monument Park, which is a Sculpture
Garden near Krymsky Most Bridge and Peter the Great Ship Sculpture
Garden near Krymsky Most Bridge and Peter the Great Ship Sculpture
This is next to the Tretyakov Gallery which I didn't have time to see, but
it is on my Must Do list for next time!
it is on my Must Do list for next time!
…along with the Historical Museum in Red Square:
Next we crossed the Krymsky Most bridge (with a fabulous view of the Peter
the Great gigantic sculpture!)
the Great gigantic sculpture!)
to visit Leo Tolstoy's house ( author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina,
etc.)
etc.)
This was particularly interesting to me, after seeing the 2010 movie The
Last Station, with Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy:
Last Station, with Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy:
Next my friends too me for an appointment with a professor at the
Moscow State Textile Academy for a private tour of their Textile Museum:
Moscow State Textile Academy for a private tour of their Textile Museum:
In the evening they also took me to the opening night of a Moscow Flea Market/Antique Show – Opening Night Sept 26
Address: 1/1, Tishinskaya Square, Tishinka Commercial
Center, the exhibition hall T-Modul.
Center, the exhibition hall T-Modul.
Stumbled across this interesting list while researching!
Wish I could see this:
Myths of 1917 to be
Debunked
Debunked
I will post some more blog entries with photos, to give more details about
these 4 places I went today!
these 4 places I went today!
(First, must pack for train trip to St Petersburg Thursday)
