It reads that I'm a hooligan above because most of the pictures in this post were 'illegally' taken. Or I just didn't really have 'permission' to. But I sneaked (snuck??) them for your sake…any maybe mine, a bit.
Here's some of the famously majestic metro system they're so proud of (and rightly so). Most of the stops look like this – big chandeliers, mosaics, statues, memorials, &c.
My technique was to ready the camera behind a column, then whip around, take it, and stuff it back in my bag. In this last one, this guy's looking right into the deadlights. Also - instead of walking through intersections to cross the street (which would be deadly, what with the awful, AWFUL Russian drivers), there are underwalks that go underneath the streets to the other side. Most of the time, there are either tiny stores lining the walkways or performers of some kind. Here's a video I took a couple of weeks ago of a little orchestra. Check out the guy yawning before he saw I was recording....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBjwvlhSf70
Here are some photos I took of the holy little town of Sergeiv Pocad (I hope I didn't butcher the alphabetical translation). It was another opportunity to take a trip out of Moscow. You could take them if you bought a photo permit, but I just slunk off and took them from the sidelines. I know what you're thinking. 'God, Tricia, we're so tired of seeing brilliantly beautiful cathedrals.' Right, me too.
The rest of these pictures were allowed. Here's one I took in Tula on our way to Tolstoy's. It's my favorite cathedral I've seen so far because it had black domes, and it looks very sinister.
They also had this bust of Karl Marx – and someone's spraypainted the Russian word for brother by his name. Not far from here was a huge statue of Lenin, which was kind of weird actually.
And here's the WWII memorial they just built near our dorm. It's not huge, and I'm not sure why they chose this deserted alley for it to go.
Oftentimes when they're repairing buildings or making additions, instead of just displaying a model of what it will look like out in front, they'll drape the building they're working on with a carp that is painted as such. Like this….
And finally, here was the only picture I got of Tostoy's estate before my camera died. Nothing of the stables or woods or meadows that looked like they were out of 'A Land Before Time'. But this was a lovely pond near the entrance.
I want to live like that.
p.s. a gentle reminder that any and all of the pictures can be cliked on and enlarged to see better details....
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