UPDATED PHOTOS:  As we wrote before ... our day was a busy one. It is about 12:15am right now-I guess that it is Saturday.  We went to the Russian Opera at the Bolshoi Theater (photos below).  We saw the Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky, famous Russian composers.  A little slow in the beginning but we were all so glad that we went.  We went out for dinner afterwards and enjoyed Beef Stroganoff (picture below). It was terrific!  We are looking forward to a leisurely morning walking the pedestrian mall, drinking coffee and doing some people watching before we board a plane for Khanty-Mansiysk which is where our conference will take place.  We are traveling with about 13 other Americans, many of them from the Institute for Human Services (IHS) in Ohio and others who are professionally affiliated with the organization American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC).

Beef Stroganoff with potato puree

 

Famous Bolshoi Theater in Moscow