Sightseeing in Moscow
I arrived in Moscow in the late afternoon, so I did not go out of my hotel until the following morning. My hotel room was excellent. Everything was ultra-modern.First of all, I wish to say that the streets of the centre of Moscow are like Fifth Avenue or Madison Avenue in New York. There are five lanes going one way, and there are enormous mansions on either side. These mansions are very majestic. I wanted to go sightseeing, so we drove to various places. The Kremlin is three times as large as the United States Congress and Senate, if not larger, and Red Square is really something worth seeing. We also paid a visit to St. Basil's Cathedral, which overlooks Red Square, and to the place where people were guillotined in former times.
We tried to operate the video camera. Mridanga had packed my very best video camera. Alas, the battery did not function properly. It worked for two or three seconds; then it ran out. Mridanga had also packed an extra battery, but Kailash did not know how to use it. Fortunately, we took many still pictures.
Coming back to the car from Red Square, we met with snow that was two feet deep. The snow banks were so high! My heart of boundless love and gratitude I am offering to Lotika. At one point, she was trying to help me, but she sank into the snow. Then Kailash helped me to the car. Afterwards we went to buy a new battery for the video camera.
