My Recent Cultural Outings

Yes, it has been many weeks since I have typed my thoughts on life. But, I have a really good excuse for that which I may share someday if I feel like it. For now, however, I would like to tell and SHOW you what I've been doing the last two days!!

Yesterday, as I had the morning free because a student is out of town, I decided to go visit our favorite Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin!! His body has been preserved for almost 100 years, which is so strange and creepy that I couldn't resist seeing it for myself! Plus, it's free...

I was going to post a picture of the experience, but it's too weird for my blog...if you're interested, follow this link to see what I saw (or just google image lenin mausoleum if it doesn't work):

http://www.google.ru/images?hl=ru&newwindow=1&q=lenin+mausoleum&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=_MPIS4mZMcqOOP3BkaoN&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQsAQwAA

The whole thing was just so ridiculous to me that I couldn't help feeling amused. I smirked, then caught the eye of one of the guards, who gave me a death stare. Needless to say, I quickly made my way out of the mausoleum!

On a lighter note, today I went to the Manezh Hall...

...to see a photography exhibition! I went because Henri Cartier-Bresson is featured this month! I have loved this man since I was 15 and did research on him for my photography class. Here are some of his pictures, many of which I saw in real life today!

Anyways, I'm off to bed so I can wake up for my morning Saturday classes--uggh. The rest of the weekend may hold souvenir shopping, Moscow's free Museum day, and some friends. Look at me, enjoying my last weeks in Russia... :)