Red Square

I visited Red Square two days in a row. You may assume by that, that there is enough there to fill two days. You would be wrong.

There is enough there to fill two weeks.

The area is split into a more public sector where you can access the Duma and Dt Basil's Cathedral (you all know the cathedral, it is the big onion domed building), but getting into the Kremlin, the several hundred year old churches, and the museums is far more difficult. Expect metal detectors, bag checks, coat checks, et cetera.

St Basil's is actually something like 9 different churches, and is far more impressive outside than in.

What impressed me more was a place I could not take pictures in, the Altar to Archangel Michael. It houses the tombs of various Tsars, including Ivan the Great, Peter, and several Romanovs. The Icons and holy murals are simply incredible, and the walls and ceilings are littered with them.

More to come later...