At the Red Square - in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Red Square is also home to the Kremlin (similar to government capital) and Lenin's tomb.
The IBI girls in front of the Russian WWII museum.
At a Russian ballet - we saw "Swan Lake."
Bekah and I getting ready to go to the Moscow Circus!...
Favorite Memory: We did so many things here, it's hard to decide! Besides the Mars chocolate factory (I'll have to write a blog dedicated to that tour), my favorite memory would have to be the standing ovation given at the end of the Russian ballet. First off, "Swan Lake" was amazing. There was an entire story to the ballet and it was all "told" through dance (so any language speaker could understand). The dancers themselves were, well, super sculpted - "tights" have a whole new meaning to me now. But beyond that, their dancing was absolutely majestic and the orchestra pieces were beautiful.
The best part of it all was the very end - the "credits" - when the stadium erupted with applause. I heard a few friends sitting next to me discussing whether or not Russians give standing ovations. I didn't think anything of it until I heard Clark and Chris next to me counting off: "1, 2, 3!" On 3, they both stood up... the only two people in the entire audience of 500+ to stand. They stood for a good 10 seconds before they realized nobody was going to stand... and as two of the few Americans in the audience, they definitely stuck out. We laughed uncontrollably afterward...
Apparently, Russians don't give standing ovations. But at least it made for a memorable night!
To be continued...
Next stop: Heidelberg, Germany
2 comments:
I'm loving all the pictures and updates from your adventures in Europe. It looks like you're having a great time!
Aww I want to go to Russia now! Just think, Anna and Karenin would have seen a ballet just like that! ;-)
Also, I'm very glad to see that my dress made it to Moscow.
As for the standing ovation.. that's classic. I wish I could've seen the look on the Russians' faces!
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