Today we ventured out to the Izmaylovo markets which are located next to Gorky Park. The weather was still very overcast with some heavy showers so we only had a brief look at the park before going into the markets.
We had considered Moscow a lot less tourist oriented than St Petersburg but the markets had things for all tastes. There was clothing for the locals, matryoshky dolls, khokhloma ware ( sounds like a title for a musical ) and old uniforms and odds from the Soviet era along with Cossack hats and lots more.
We travelled by underground which is quite a challenge when you can't read the script for the station names. The train stations are unbelievable , many being works of art in their own right. More marble than the Marble Palace and more sculptures than the Summer Garden. We came back via a different route and tried to visit the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall but it was closed for renovations. We added this to the Bolshoi Theatre which we visited yesterday afternoon which was closed till 2008. We walked back past the famous Pushkin statue on the way to our apartment.
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What is khokhloma ware? Sounds like something you put on your eyes!
How on earth did you know when to get out of the train? Especially if the announcers are anything like cityfail's.
Di, it is a very fine art indeed, involving placing delicate beads on the end of each single eyelash.
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