We woke up, looked out the window and realized it was raining! Oh no!
No problem, it quickly stopped. So after a 6-stop subway trip, we reached Red Square. It was time to take a photo of our group.
Today we went back into the Kremlin and started with the State Museum. We saw lots of different historical artifacts, in addition to icons.
Then we crossed Red Square (which seems rectangular) and found our way, with Teresa's help, to beautiful St. Basil's Cathedral.
After St. Basil's, we had lunch in GUM department store/mall.
And then made our way to the bus, which was down the hill past the Cathedral.
We were transported to the giant, new cathedral of Christ the Savior where we stared in amazement at the decor (no pictures inside). After a brief immersion we strolled downstairs to another, more historical chapel.
We hopped on the bus again and went on to the Andronikov Monastery, where famous Iconographer Andrei Rublev worked and died, about 600 years ago.
We got a guided tour around the museum which seemed very long and exhausting. Partly because they had promised us tea and biscuits, and due to a private party in the canteen, we didn't get any refreshments. It was a mild disappointment for our parched and footsore pilgrims.
The icons were very nice though.
We went back to our rooms to soak our feet, and dress for dinner.
No longer parched, we are packing to leave Moscow tomorrow and head for the village of Sergeyev Posad.
