Our first full day in Moscow has been amazing!  We have walked until our feet ache.  We made visits to Red Square, the Kremlin, we saw the State diamond collection (the Diamond Fund), the Armory Museum (at the Kremlin) and St. Basil's.  The art work is spectacular and there are Frescos on every inch of every wall within the churches.  Our host, Marina, had endless amounts of patience as all 16 of us (Americans) traveled from place to place.  We are now off to the Russian Opera at the Bolshoi Theater near Red Square.  We will post photos of all of our activities throughout the day (and night) when we get back to the hotel tonight. 

To temp you to return to the blog later today ... we will leave you with a clip of Russian music.  We were fortunate to come across a singing group performing in St. Basil's, The Doros. We have included a small clip for you to listen to (apologies that we weren't able to rotate it for you in the blog). We hope you enjoy it as much as we did ... we bought the CD :)