Friday, March 28, 2014

Moscow River Cruise


































Moscow State University and Sparrow Hills

Luzhniki Sports Complex







International Business Center











Bogdana Khmel'nitskogo Bridge near Kievskiy Station









Russian Government Building, referred to as the Russian White House

Hotel Ukainia, now called the Radisson Royal Hotel









Can you see the bit of snow and ice near the river wall?


Restrooms


Novodevichiy Monastery and Convent










Our Table











Gorky Park

Hard to tell from the photo but all these people were dancing!




Buran Space Shuttle









Monument to Peter the Great by Zurab Tsereteli



Red October Chocolate Factory, once the location where the candy with the baby on the wrapper was made it is now a trendy art and nightlife spot.




Cathedral of Christ our Savior











The Kremlin









St. Basil's Cathedral


Hotel Baltschug Kempinski

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments














The fellow on the dock was fishing.

















































We boarded the boat at Gorky Park, we traveled west toward The Hotel Ukrainia then east to the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment apartments and then back to Gorky Park to disembark.  We chose a cruise that included sunset and dinner time.  The weather was perfect, the sunset spectacular and the food good.  

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