So much to do, and see, so little time

Today was a busy day from the beginning to end. We had a great time, but only wish we could spend more time for ourselves.

We kicked the day off with sleeping in. HaHa! Really needed some rest after the marathon travel day the day before. Had breakfast at the coffee shop in the hotel. Food was good and service quick. Decided to take taxi to Red Square as a first destination. It was really something else to see first hand. Snapped a photo of the unknown soldier also.

Walked around the grounds of the Red Square for awhile. Made visit to Lenin's tomb. Was a very surreal experience. Lenin looks like he is taking a nap. Very natural. Unbelievable job of leaving him looking so natural. They do not allow pictures inside so the best we could do is an outdoor picture of his mausoleum.

St. Basil Cathedral is right next to the Red Square. The structure is absolutely beautiful in person. Hopefully this photo does it justice. We did not go inside, but now wish that we would have.

Seemed like we walked a hundred miles. But, it certainly was a significant amount less than that. My right hip began to hurt immensely so we had to kind of cut short some of the things we did at Red Square. We decided to grab a meal at a highly touted restaurant near Pushkin Square. Both of us thoroughly enjoyed the food at Pushkin Cafe. Alicia had a veal loin and I had the veal cutlet. Alicia commented on her meal as perhaps the best meal she has ever eaten. She is her Mother's daughter! Ha!!!(one of her mother's sayings) Alicia and I shared a pistachio creme brulee, divine!!

The decor of the cafe is exquisite. It is circa 1825, it looks and feels very authentic. Here is a link to their website to see pictures of the cafe. (hard to believe its called a cafe)

http://cafe-pushkin.ru/en/

Decided to call it a day as we both were still suffering from jet lag. Our adventurous side took the metro back to the hotel Let me tell you that doing this without being able to speak or read the language made for a challenge, but we persevered. It was interesting and we made good time back to the hotel. Grabbed a bottle of wine in a store next to the hotel and called it a night. We had a very nice time in our first full day of Moscow.