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| A view of the city from inside the Kremlin walls |
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| Some of the cathedrals and gardens inside the Kremlin |
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| Self Photo inside the Kremlin |
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| Um, did I mention that I graduated?:) |
Well, I'm inbetween packing and showering before I leave this country for home at 4:30 in the AM. The last few days have been reflective, sight-seeing days. Yesterday I trecked down to the Kremlin by myself (which was lovely) where the lady at the ticket office only wanted to give me a student ticket to get into the walls of the Kremlin, but not into any of the museum stuff. It actually was still a good thing as I got to peek into all of the cathedrals inside the walls and stroll around the place where the entire city used to wall themselves in when they were under attack. It was a photographer's dreamland -angles and colors and shadows - and I lovingly exhausted my camera. After a sweaty hour long walk back to the dorms and a nap, we got all dressed up to go out to celebrate Morgan's birthday/our last real evening here/ Canada Day (of course). This morning our group made it out to the Novo-Devichy Cemetary with Dr. Thomas to say our goodbyes at the gravesites of those such as Anton Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavski (two of the most influential reasons I have been spending the past month in this part of the world). It was a beautiful cemetary and a nice way to start to close this door. Following that our group finished off with 2 hours at a huge flea market. Haggling and pissing off Russian vendors seemed to get most everyone some pretty sweet deals on some really fun souvenirs. I'm so excited to share gifts with people:) If my goal was to spend every last ruble bill I had on me, well then I'm good at reaching my goals, ha ha! It's time for farewell, but something tells me that the door isn't completely closing here. I know I'll keep in touch on so many levels with the people and the experiences I've had here, and they will influence me for the rest of my life, even when I don't realize it. Time to go make room in those suitcases for all of those Matrushka dolls and bottles of vodka. Look out for an update to this blog when I get back and gather some perspective. For now Russia, do svidanya.:)
