Sometimes
it feels like the weather on Wednesday afternoon is guaranteed to be
overcast if not actually raining. This was another of those
Wednesdays, argh.
I still wanted to make progress toward my goal of
seeing all the metro stations, so I decided to ride the southern half
of the lime green and purple lines.
The
lime green line is relatively new. Planning started in the early
1980s, and building started later. The first part of the line was
first opened in 1995, with building still going. The last stations
finally opened in 2016 and 2018.
The
purple line is pretty busy, and not nearly as new. That being said,
many of the trains running on this line are newer than trains on
other lines.
As
expected, each station was different, and all were clean. Some were
boring, but all had something geometric or colourful to see. Some had
benches, some had wall decorations, some had columns, some had tiles,
etc...
I rode
for a few hours, seeing about 20 stations in the day's tour.
On
Friday I walked from school toward Moscow City, the business district
of Moscow. I'd seen a few pretty pictures online with sunset, which
is what I'd hoped to see.
I
walked too slowly, and waited too late in the fall to get there in
time for sunset. That and I didn't have quite the right angle for
what I hoped to see. Oh well, it was a nice view anywho.
After
putzing around for a bit, I walked back to the giant mall at
Kievskaya. Since it was still September, the fountains in front were
still running, and they were lit up too. Very pretty, with nice
reflections on the fountain edge.
No comments:
Post a Comment