I've been traveling for quite a while, and in the mess that is my life abroad I have been lucky enough to return multiple times to what have become my very favorite places on earth. One of them is
Lake Baikal, another will always be
Kiev, and of course my very first love: Moscow's Red Square. I can't fully explain my love for this place --- Maybe the connection to my first trip abroad? Or perhaps its the general sense of awe that one feels while walking across the expanse of smooth, wide-set cobblestones towards this immense, iconic cathedral. Maybe it's the sense of peace as well, because when you enter red square all of a sudden everything becomes quiet, seperated fom the noise of the street vendors and traffic just outside the gates, with red walls and churches surrounding you on three sides. Night trains to Moscow arrive before 7am, which means I usually get to see the square at Sunrise, when St. Basil's is back-lit and beautiful. I take a mandatory picture with the cathedral, and then continue to the small street that runs to the left of the square and walk past some of the most beautiful little churches that line the path all the way to my favorite sandwich place in Kitay-Gorod. It makes sense that during my one-day layover in Moscow, I went to Red Square multiple times, and it seems that most of the pictures I took there feature the square as well... #sorrynotsorry. Enjoy one of my favorite places on earth, everyone. I'll write very soon about how amazing Petrozavodsk is!
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