Monday, 21 January 2013

If in doubt, try again.

Better weather today, so here are a few replacements for yesterdays decidedly sketchy snaps :) I spent the afternoon sliding around Red Square and the Kremlin.









It's so prohibitively cold that I only survived outdoors for around four hours before my face began to sting, which was a sure fire sign that I would be safer indoors with a nice mulled wine. I sat in  cosy retro café bar that had a hearty looking menu. I ordered 'Potato Casserole with Chicken'. What a got was a block of yellow cheesy mash with french fries. Something had clearly been lost in translation. Ah well, I love cheesy mash.

Sunday, 20 January 2013

Don't blame the messenger...

Hmm, breakfast provided by hostel...
 
 
Ah! that's better!
 



Apologies for the quality of the pics, but a combination of incessant, hardcore, relentless snowing, frozen paws, shivering skull, disfunctioning camera and occasional peaking through grubby windows makes for a very mixed bag indeed. Anyway, here's a little slice of Москва...

 









 






























 Rather extravagant cigarette holder



Ah! The best end to any day! Fire roaring, Russian pint going down nicely and a ladies quartet accompanied by a piano just behind me. Seeing as my hostel is upstairs, I might as well have another...