This weekend was
the first weekend of March. Claire was working at a branch of our
school where this was the first weekend of her March holidays, so she
flew to another country. Angela worked at a branch that didn't have
these holidays at all, and my branch had them a week later, so Ang
and I were still in Moscow, and decided to get together.
We met at a mall, I
wanted to take a few photos in a space lined with mirrors. The way
the mirrors were set up, they reflected each other, so it always
looked like there were heaps of people walking through, even if there
was just one person.
After taking the
photos we walked through the mall, the stores weren't open yet. It's
probably good the stores weren't open, because I could see chocolate
I wanted, and Angela could see makeup she wanted.
After the mall we
got on the metro, I wanted to see the TV tower of Moscow. It's in an
area called Ostankino, it seemed easy enough to get to. The walk
after the metro ride was a lot longer than I expected, but oh well.
The weather was fantastic, so I was happy, and Angela followed along
as always.
We walked the long
way around to get to an entrance gate to the land on which the tower
is located, security just to get on the property was pretty intense.
I had a water bottle with me, but that wasn't allowed, so I had to
put it in a locker. We also had to put our purses through an x-ray
machine and walk through metal detectors.
It is possible to
go up the tower, there is a restaurant up there and an observation
deck. The price for this is 1000 rubles, and you have to have your
passport as identification. It didn't seem worth it, especially
without Claire, so we opted to wait for another day.
We took photos of
the tower, with a lovely snow-covered foreground, then left. Maybe we'll come back as a team?
From the TV tower
property I could see onion domes, so I knew there was a church not
too far away. I used my phone to figure out where it was, and we
started walking again. The church ended up being quite nice inside,
especially because there was light visibly streaming through the
windows.
At that point both
of us were hungry, so I dragged Ang to a place serving 'Asian' food
for giant bowls of pho. So good, and pretty cheap. This cafe is part
of a store selling Asian food, there are sooo many goodies I miss
from living in Seoul.
The next morning
Angela and I met up again, though it was almost noon by the time we
got together. We decided to see the holiday decorations in Manezhnaya
Square, which were lovely. It was the season of Maslenitsa, which is
a cultural holiday saying goodbye winter, hello spring.
There was still
plenty of snow on the ground, so spring wasn't very visible, but it
was fun to take a few photos.
I wanted a snack,
so I told Angela we were going to a nearby cafe so I could get a
whoopie cookie. The cafe is called I Love Cake, and it's beautiful.
When we'd bought
tickets to the instagram museums I'd seen one listed that was
basically a big ball pit. Claire had absolutely no interest in this
one, but Angela was willing to go, so we chose this weekend while
Claire was out of town :)
The ball pit was
fun, but much more of a workout than either of us expected. It was
easy to jump in, but getting back out was a challenge, to say the
least. Let's just say I'm glad I used to be an athlete. I knew I'd be
sore in a couple days.
After burning
plenty of calories in the ball pit we decided we wanted food. We went
back to a place offering Georgian food, and proceeded to order way
too much food. Since at least half of what we ordered had cheese in
it we also probably were waaaay past the amount of sodium one should
have in a day. So good.
A good weekend :)
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