Red Square

This is Denise, the rookie blogger. Today was our first day off for this trip and we went to Red Square. The picture is of St. Basil's Cathedral. We went inside the "rym" department store--in the US we'd call it a mall. We also got to see the changing of the guard at the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier". It's a neat thing to watch.

Our really fun part of the day started when we tried to get back to the church building/apartment. Let's just say that some Russians--i.e.Dennis--have trouble finding their way around the Metro system in Moscow. The fact that it was "rush hour" didn't help. Can anyone say SARDINES??? We were literally packed in so tight that I couldn't move. The subway in New York City, even after a Yankees game, was never that crowded.

Tomorrow we start in with some new readers that signed up at the "Texas" party from Saturday. It's such fun to talk to these people. They all have jobs that sound so intimidating to me--stock market analyst, scienctific researcher, etc. They all seem to enjoy practicing English and are a joy for us to talk with. We've learned quite a bit about lots of different areas of life in Russia. I'm looking forward to metting the new readers tomorrow and the other people we'll be encountering during the next 2 weeks.

Stay tuned!