I went to the Bolshoi Theatre, but more on that later.
I had no particular plan for today so I decided to go to Gorkie park and walk around the river. To get there I had to take the Metro, on the Brown line. The brown line is a circular line and crosses all the other lines so every station is a double or triple. It is one of the oldest lines so the stations are pretty fancy. it is also pretty easy cos it is a circle you can get on any train and just stay there till you get to your stop.
Gorkie Park is just another park. It has very impressive gates and a musical fountain. I must be getting old cos I sat for a while watching and listening to the fountain and thought it was "bloody marvelous" They have a huge area fenced off so they can screen some Pommy soccer on big screens. Euro something is on and they are getting into it here.
I walked back towards the city along the river and past Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. I really wish I could have got some sneaky pics inside for you cos it was amazing. There was security everywhere and they were all walking around, wired up, crossing themselves when they passed certain things. There was some amazing icons and a 2 storey pulpit inside.
Coming back I walked past the entrance to the Armoury. The line was about an hour long. I bet those poor *******s will be ****** when they find out they have paid 700 rubles to look at some old **** and still gotta pay to get into the Kremlin. Did I tell you they charged me 700 rubles the other day for the Armoury. That is over $25, daylight robbery.
I have now worked out the building and went to get some pics of the Bolshoi Theatre. Bolshoi is juat the Russian word for big, not some fancy place, just big. There was none of that dancing and singing malarkie going on in there so I thought it would be perfect. The front doors were locked. I tried walking around the back and there was a gate open. I went in but the door was locked but there was a stair way to the basement. I went down there but was met at the bottom by a security guard. I tried to explain I was security in Australia and as a prefessional curtesy he should show me around. He had no sense of humour and sent me packing. I might try again before I leave.

I went back to the Bolshoi tonight and got in. About 3 feet inside the door is a metal detector. The security guard looked at me and shook his head. I left. It looked like the rain was gonna pelt down so I didnt wait too long cos I didnt want wet feet again. By the time I got home the weather had blown over.