 Let's not be late for our flight! |
 Here it is - Rhineturm! |
 A barge passing under Rheinkniebrucke |
 Ships docked at the Rhine promenade |
 My favorite eating place in Dusseldorf - the only place I ate at :) Fresh fish cooked for you. Reasonable prices |
 Another look at the Ioanni Guilielmo statue. The building is that of Rathaus (Town Hall) |
 A food for thought |
 A very peacefull setting indeed |
 An eagle with a crown |
 A bridge entrance for bicycles |
 Dusseldorf from Rhineturm |
 A security officer at the observation deck by the Dusseldorf Airport control tower |
 The departure area of the Dusseldorf Airport |
 Passing by a neat LTU ad for its New York route. We'll be back in the morning for more photos... |
 We are back at the airport early in the morning, viewing the action from the second observation deck |
 Common Moorhen - thank you, Nick, for identifying! |
 A balancing act |
 A whale skeleton |
 Moscow's Domodedovo airport welcomes us, arriving from Dusseldorf |
 A meal before the flight at the Elki-Palki restaurant. The food's great, but the prices are very much North American :) |
 Day 2 - Good morning, Moscow! |
 Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox church at the entrance to Red Square |
 Russia's Historical Museum on Red Square |
 GUM department store |
 Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, Russia |
 St. Basil once accused tzar Ivan the Terrible of thinking about building a palace during a church service, as opposed to praying |
 We are on Tverskaya ulitsa (street), famous for expensive shops. This store sells Team Russia Olympic outfits |
 Here it is, Kremlin at night :) |
 One of the seven Stalin-era Moscow skyscrapers |
 The Russian Orthodox Church of Simeon Stolpnik on Novyi Arbat street |
 A metro entrance on Novyi Arbat street |
 Matryoshka dolls are the staple of the souvenir kiosks |
 Little girls performing on Arbat street |
 Stairwell to Heaven |
 The Annunciation of Theotokos by an angel |
 Jesus Christ |
 Saint Seraphim of Sarov, one of the most revered Russian saints |
 A statue of the first man in space - Yuri GAGARIN |
 This is the biggest church in Russia |
 Moscow State University main building |
 A Russian Orthodox Church by the Sparrow Hills lookout |
 A bride having her picture taken in front of a traffic police cruiser |
 Love can make you jump :) |
 Fountains by the Tretyakov gallery |
 A very welcoming smile |
 St. Basil's from the other side |
 One hungry goat |
 A Stalin-era skyscraper seen from Moscow zoo |
 Neck stretching |
 Alas, no bears were found roaming on Russian streets |
 And just watch the people |
 Our apartment building featured a very colourful staircase |