lost and found

hi to all from sunny moscow...tuesday...and thanks for all those comments, will try to eat something odd, ferg...stuffed cabbage today, filling looked rather odd! :)
and how could i keep to two posts, si?...me?
onward....
we have walked our legs off in this city and i love the place. so vibrant, noisy, up to the minute...and then turn a corner and it's onion domes, tranquil squares and birdsong.
the traffic is incredible. you have to look twice to see if the jumble of cars is parked or part of a traffic jam. we went looking for the kremlin yesterday afternoon and got lost...twice. we found some elegant pastel buildings that seemed to be embassies, subways full of tiny kiosks selling underwear, cds, sweets, you name it...and quiet green places under trees. when we finally found the kremlin it was beyond a six lane racetrack!the uniformed traffic guy waved us to an underpass and there we found lenin sitting outside his library, the first truly austere building we'd seen to date. beer and tea in the lovely gardens under the kremlin wall then a walk along the perimeter..lots of photos!
trying to get back to the hotel we got lost again but helpful russians waved us in the right direction when i stabbed at the map! :)
too exhausted to walk far for supper we went to a nearby italian and had pizza russian style...lots of al dente veg and not much cheese. coffee and tea came before the dessert and, yes, the soup does come after the salad ..but not at home the delightful girl in charge told us.
today we went straight to red square...now we know the way... and found it full of seating behind railings (a pop concert or political rally?) and japanese tourists. opted for st basil's (really pokrovsky cathedral) and i took the audio guide. amazing rabbit warren inside with lots of refurbishment going on so some churches closed to the public. there are 10 tiny chapel sized churches with covered galleries linking them to form the whole. so ten spires/domes, so lots of photos, bien sur! :)
lunch in a russian self service...we had our soup first! then off for a coffee somewhere else..one of the new smart places all croisants and bagels.
then a walk from the guide book. didn't get lost! saw more onion domes than you could shake a stick at and more pastel buildings. moscow is refurbishing itself all over the place...lou gave me a lecture on how the photographed 'bache' type things are printed...well, he would wouldn't he? :) tarpaulin that is, english word just came back to me.
tomorrow the train for mongolia in the evening so no posts for a while. and before we leave? lou will kill me if i suggest anything that requires walking! :)
love to all especially that new great nephew, sid says he is 'andsome! :)