To celebrate the New Year (following pictures were taken January 2nd and 3rd) I got out of the dorm and did a little sight seeing with friends.
With a couple of girlfriends at a local hotel lobby. The hotels in Russia actually have very good restaurants. Jyun (pictured left), took us to her favorite Korean restaurant that served some very interesting sushi (with ham, cheese, broccoli....I know - strange!). (Pictured: Jyun - China, Asl - Turkey, Rosario - Spain)
The next day I went to one of Moscow's six monasteries. When Prince Yury Dolgoruky founded the city in the 12th century, he had six monasteries building to circle the city. The monasteries, with their large, thick walls, acted as fortresses to protect the city from invasion. Pictured here, the belltower of this monastery is under reconstruction.
An original set of doors to the monastery's main cathedral. As you can see, iconic art was and still is an important part of cathedral architecture in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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