I started my day by petting and shaking hands with a monkey outside of my metro, where I met Steve to go to GUM because they were handing out free ice cream to celebrate their 120th anniversary. There were also a lot of cool photo displays on the first floor, so we walked around looking at them and getting seconds on ice cream. I also bought something for one of you, but I won't say who. I like to keep you in suspense.
After we were done with GUM and Steve had to go to work (I didn't. I win.), I had my own mini adventure wandering the streets of Moscow. First I stopped in the Alexandrovskii Sad and laid on the grass reading some of my book (On the Road, if you must know) before heading off in no particular direction. I passed by the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Pushkin Museum before landing on a bus stop for a little while - I figure if I'm paying all this extra money for an all-forms-of-transport metro card (not by choice), I might as well get some tram action. And it was nice out. So a tram FINALLY comes, takes me down to Oktyabrskaya near Gorky Park, and I get off not wanting to go any further south. Then I get on another tram going in the opposite direction, taking me exactly where I had come from. Almost. It stopped while saying "This is the end of the line," but as I got off I heard it announce the next stop as other passengers boarded. I don't know. I walked and walked in some weird artsyish hipstery place by the Bolotnaya Embankment and enjoyed the view before once again passing the Cathedral, buying a cream soda, sitting by lion statues, and looking at the entrance to an exhibition of sand sculptures depicting ancient Russia before deciding to head home. So that was my day.
The summer has been sort of a blur since it's going by so quickly. I finished working at Mayakovskaya on June 1st and switched to Marino June 3rd (which equals 3 day weekends, yesssss). I had some friends here for about a week, then I took off to Petersburg again (White Nights + Jackie was heading back to the US soon), then I had a friend visiting for a few days, and now I'm toying with a trip to Turkey next weekend. Almost forgot to mention, it's been sweltering here. We're talking +30C/86F and humid pretty consistently. The kinds of days where you're glad to work from 1230-1010 because at least it's air conditioned there. Oh also, random aside, the airport where Snowden is currently hiding out is the one nearest my apartment. We're talking like 30 mins away at most. I'll send him your best.
Stateside in less than a month! Now that is crazy.
After we were done with GUM and Steve had to go to work (I didn't. I win.), I had my own mini adventure wandering the streets of Moscow. First I stopped in the Alexandrovskii Sad and laid on the grass reading some of my book (On the Road, if you must know) before heading off in no particular direction. I passed by the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Pushkin Museum before landing on a bus stop for a little while - I figure if I'm paying all this extra money for an all-forms-of-transport metro card (not by choice), I might as well get some tram action. And it was nice out. So a tram FINALLY comes, takes me down to Oktyabrskaya near Gorky Park, and I get off not wanting to go any further south. Then I get on another tram going in the opposite direction, taking me exactly where I had come from. Almost. It stopped while saying "This is the end of the line," but as I got off I heard it announce the next stop as other passengers boarded. I don't know. I walked and walked in some weird artsyish hipstery place by the Bolotnaya Embankment and enjoyed the view before once again passing the Cathedral, buying a cream soda, sitting by lion statues, and looking at the entrance to an exhibition of sand sculptures depicting ancient Russia before deciding to head home. So that was my day.
The summer has been sort of a blur since it's going by so quickly. I finished working at Mayakovskaya on June 1st and switched to Marino June 3rd (which equals 3 day weekends, yesssss). I had some friends here for about a week, then I took off to Petersburg again (White Nights + Jackie was heading back to the US soon), then I had a friend visiting for a few days, and now I'm toying with a trip to Turkey next weekend. Almost forgot to mention, it's been sweltering here. We're talking +30C/86F and humid pretty consistently. The kinds of days where you're glad to work from 1230-1010 because at least it's air conditioned there. Oh also, random aside, the airport where Snowden is currently hiding out is the one nearest my apartment. We're talking like 30 mins away at most. I'll send him your best.
Stateside in less than a month! Now that is crazy.
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