I uploaded a bunch of pictures from my camera this morning, so here are some samples:
These
first pictures are from the Kremlin/Red Square area a few days before
the May 9 Victory Day celebration. The above picture was taken on Red
Square at the opposite end from St. Basil's Cathedral.
This is just outside Red Square. The equestrian statue is Marshall Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Army in WWII. His horse is stepping on a Nazi Eagle. I'm told that after the war his popularity was so high that Stalin demoted him to a factory superintendent or something like that to get him out of the spotlight.
This is the "Eternal Flame" and tomb of the unknown soldier, just outside the Kremlin walls.
The day these pictures were taken we were hosting Gordon Madsen (on the left), who was visiting from Salt Lake. We went to a restaurant called "Rasputin" located in an old monastery near the Kremlin. KLynn and I had eaten there once before, on Christmas Eve our first year here. The young couple in the picture are my assistant, Denis, and his then fiance, now wife, Elena.
This picture was taken at a park KLynn and I visited a few weeks ago. The sign, in Cyrillic, is pronounced "Hot Dogi." Guess what they sell there?
The sign above this stand is pronounced "Grill." Reading signs in Cyrillic often is pretty easy, but my speaking vocabulary is still embarrassingly limited.
Denis and Elena were married last Friday in Moscow. That night they came to our home for a visit and pictures. KLynn and I were honored.
KLynn posed Elena for this, and I thought it turned out well. They didn't have the money to hire a photographer. Denis is almost like family. Elena doesn't speak English, but she is very nice. Denis is going to law school at night, and Elena works in a bank
KLynn and I were hardly dressed for wedding pictures, but here we are.
This is just outside Red Square. The equestrian statue is Marshall Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Army in WWII. His horse is stepping on a Nazi Eagle. I'm told that after the war his popularity was so high that Stalin demoted him to a factory superintendent or something like that to get him out of the spotlight.
This is the "Eternal Flame" and tomb of the unknown soldier, just outside the Kremlin walls.
The day these pictures were taken we were hosting Gordon Madsen (on the left), who was visiting from Salt Lake. We went to a restaurant called "Rasputin" located in an old monastery near the Kremlin. KLynn and I had eaten there once before, on Christmas Eve our first year here. The young couple in the picture are my assistant, Denis, and his then fiance, now wife, Elena.
This picture was taken at a park KLynn and I visited a few weeks ago. The sign, in Cyrillic, is pronounced "Hot Dogi." Guess what they sell there?
The sign above this stand is pronounced "Grill." Reading signs in Cyrillic often is pretty easy, but my speaking vocabulary is still embarrassingly limited.
Denis and Elena were married last Friday in Moscow. That night they came to our home for a visit and pictures. KLynn and I were honored.
KLynn posed Elena for this, and I thought it turned out well. They didn't have the money to hire a photographer. Denis is almost like family. Elena doesn't speak English, but she is very nice. Denis is going to law school at night, and Elena works in a bank
KLynn and I were hardly dressed for wedding pictures, but here we are.
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