February half term

Hello to you all. Now I am into my third year there are not so many new experiences. However, half term has arrived and so Peter and I are out on our travels once more. We are aided by some new books. I have spoken of walks and tram rides we have done using the Phoebe Taplin articles in the Moscow News. Phoebe has left Moscow but is publishing her walks and rides in a series of books. We have the first two so are off again.

On Sunday, after church and Peter's tutoring we set off to Baumanskaya. It is designed to honour all those who fought in the Great Patriotic War in both the military and home front.

Worker

Red Army man

Fisherman

Designer

Peter standing with a partisan woman

Outside it was colder than we expected with fine snow falling in a chill wind. Still we set off. Our first landmark, the Epiphany Cathedral where the author Pushkin was baptised.

This area is associated with Peter the Great. He learnt to sail on the ponds in Lefortovsky park before building St Petersburg. This is his military hospital.

We found a couple of parks. This one has a grotto - rather snow covered at the moment.

And this is a war memotial in another.

By now we were frozen so cut our loses and headed for the nearest tram and the metro - the wrong way. Still we found a metro station and one we had not seen before so here are some more metro photos, Aviamotornaya

and Trubnaya

We plan to go back when the weather is warmer but it was enough for one day.