Monday, January 9, 2012

Great History and Buildings Here in Moscow-Red Square

These Next Picturesare different viewsof Red Squareone of the most prominent visitors attractionof Moscow. St Basels Cantederal in the background

Red Square covers a lot of acres along one of the rivers. Here you can see through the Arch way the above Cathedral in the background. These huge old buildings were part of the Kremlin where the ruling Communist Party controlled everything. Many of the buildings have been preserved but are used for high end offices or very elaborate shopping malls.




The big building in the background is part ofRed SquareAnd the administrative buildingsUnder the communist rule. It is now probably the most elite shopping mall in this huge city.For example, Two vehicles on display sold for over $260,000 each. Much of the Communist military power would be put on display in this part of Red Square.It is huge.


This is a brief Picture summary of the historic year of 2011 for us.Our experiences here have been many firsts as outlined in some of our earlier e-mails. We have loved and cherished every part of our mission here.We miss our wonderful family and loved ones, but have kept busy with many things here which has brought us great joy in our service.







2 comments:

kira said...

I loved seeing some of the highlights from 2011! Although it made me miss you guys even more! Thanks for posting pictures. The kids liked seeing you on the computer.

Kirsten and Steve said...

What a treat!! I finally got to check this out and what a year for you guys. Looking at all of your pictures brought back a lot of fun memories of our times with you this past year. We are so glad we got to have you in NYC. We miss you!