We walked down to the Kremlin via Alexandrovsky Gardens.We were able to get tickets but not to the Armoury with its display of Faberge eggs.
The Kremlin is huge with 17 towers and dozens of major buildings. We visited the Assumption Cathedral where the Tzars were crowned, The Archangel Cathedral where Ivan the Great/Terrible and his son are entombed and the small Church of the Deposition of the Robe.We also saw the worlds largest bell..it has never rung, the worlds largest cannon...was never fired and the display of Cartier diamonds in Ivans Bell Tower. This included a ring owned by Barbara Hutton and several items owned by the Duchess of Windsor.
We were soaked on our return and had a very late lunch. Late in the afternoon we headed out again and saw the Bolshoi Theatre hidden behind scaffolding..it is closed till 2008, and the adjacent fountains and sculpture of Karl Marx
On the way home we were drenched again so needed more dry clothes before dinner preparations.
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I would have been tempted to ring the bell...
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