Colorful Domes

I reached back in my photo files for this image of some of the colorful domes of a church inside Moscow's Kremlin.

Honor Guard

This young soldier is one of two honor guards stationed just outside the walls of the Moscow Kremlin, near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and an eternal flame, in the Alexander Garden. The memorial is dedicated to the Soviet 8.5 millions to 11.5 million Soviet military who died during World War II.

A changing of the guard ceremony takes place every hour around the clock.

Visit to an Ancient Capital

This panoramic shot of the Kremlin and the Moscow River was taken during a visit to Russia in the summer of 2012. Moscow dates back to 1147, making it a very old city indeed. 

I promised to take my daughter, who was born in Russia and lived in that country for the first 11 years of her life, back to her homeland when she graduated from high school. We started our trip in Moscow, where I had lived for 3-1/2 months in 1999, and then we journeyed to Tyumen' in western Siberia. We got to visit the nearby village of Berkut, where she had lived in an orphanage and we met with the orphanage director and a few of the caregivers, who treated us to a typical Russian lunch. Then we flew to St. Petersburg for a few days.