Went back to Red Square the place was a live with people and children getting into the Xmas spirit. Went to GUM an amazing department store great architecture all decked out for Xmas. Did the 2 hour Green bus city tour at night lots of lights and historic buildings. Had dinner in a Russian restaurant had Borscht soup each table had different coloured pencils and the place mats you could colour in. A lot of people were doing that waiting for their dinner to arrive. Back to the hotel late. In the city the traffic lights for red and green have a seconds face counting down to changing colour and this applied to the pedestrians as well, a great idea. The Metro system works well, very clean no advertising and some amazing architecture. If an elderly woman was standing most young Russians would get up off their seats and give it to them. Did not see that happen in London.
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Maurice's Travel 