On the way to the Metro and Tram 23

Having left the main World Heritage site Peter and I headed to the metro. As we looked we became aware of a curious sight.

Look carefully at these lamp posts. Do you notice anything strange? We are walking along an unmade path but the lamp posts are facing the wrong way and are heading into the trees. I wonder just where they are going!!!

Part of the site has very old apples trees growing. I expect this weekend the blossom will be out.

Honey is loved here and is on sale all over the place. Lots of different flavours and colours. For the first time I saw some bee hives.

Just as we were leaving the park we came across this interesting sight.

Just as ice sculptures are made during the winter, the sand sculptures are made during the summer and put on display for several months. This is the first time I have seen them being made. As you can see from the last picture they are actually made on a series of tables and rammed into place. Talking to Marina at school, who saw a TV programme about this particular set of sculptures, the men are quite happy for it to be damp while they are making as dry sand doesn't make good models. When they are finished they sculptures are sprayed with a mixture of PVA glue and water to set them for the summer ahead.

Having enjoyed temperatures in the mid twenties, Monday dawned bright but chilly. Peter had suffered with sore eyes from tree pollen and dust so had a day in. I had the fidgets so decided I needed to go out. One of the trams we catch to the metro is the number 23, but we get off before the end of its route. I had been meaning to ride it to the end for some time, and Monday seemed a good day.

West of us is a large area of water created by the Moscow River, resevoires and the Khimki canal. The tram goes to this area and links to the area we walked a couple of weeks ago. The water is all connected. Now how's this for an unusual view? It is a restaurant suspended over the river, but how you get up there I haven't found out!!

It really is a beautiful area.  Below is next to an old aerodrome from which Aeroport metro station is named. A big open space for picnics and running about. I smelled shashlik being barbecued despite the chilly breeze.

These very big and modern appartment blocks are Allia Perusa. Many of our Korean families live here.

The water ends in these lock gates in the canal which leads to the Volga river. Cruises leave Rechnoy Voksal and pass through here on their way to different places including St Petersburg.

I included this picture to show the incongruity that is Moscow. Allia Perusa is an expensive and desirable place to live, yet right beside it is this old and sad looking appartment block from the Soviet Era.  The block to the far right with the blue balconies used to look the same but has been up graded - Remonted is the Russian word - as have several in that area, but that one block seems to have been left!! So typically Russian!!