Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey takes me into Moscow in the very early morning where I explore the Ismailovo tourist park in the morning and head to Cosmonauts Land and the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in the afternoon.
Today's Journey
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I awake at about 4:00 in the morning passing through suburbia, and we arrive at Moscow Station on schedule at 4:20. From here I'm taken to my hotel where I sleep for a few more hours. |
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After settling into my hotel I explore the nearby Kreml v Islaylovo village. |
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Nearby is a large market area no doubt targeted for the toursts. |
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After exploring the village, I find the underground metro and start exploring the city. |
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I reach the start of Cosmonauts Alley set up to commemorate the Soviet space era. The museum at the end of the alley has a rocket scupture commemorating the rocket which launched the Sputnik 1 satellite. |
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A sculpture of all the planets going around the sun in Cosmonauts Alley, overseen by the statues of the great cosmonauts including Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. |
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I head to the nearby All Russia Exhibition Centre, showing many of the achievements of the Soviet Union. |
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A pretty fountain surrounded by buildings of each of the countries which joined together to become the Soviet Union in 1922. |
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Part of the Vostok Rocket which sent the first Russian space ships and cosmonauts into orbit. |
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I return to my hotel in the early evening, one of a group of hotels which accommodate all of Moscow's tourists. There are hotels in the city centre, but these are all for business travellers. |
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