DSCF0184.JPG:: Our hotel room in the Moscow Novotel. DSCF0185.JPG:: I believe this is Pushkin square in Moscow . DSCF0186.JPG:: This is the biggest cannon in existence. Shoots 2-ton cannonballs. DSCF0187.JPG:: This is the biggest cannon in existence. Shoots 2-ton cannonballs. DSCF0188.JPG:: I believe this is the Archangel Michael church inside the Moscow Kremlin walls. DSCF0190.JPG:: This was taken inside St. Basils pointing up one of the spires. DSCF0192.JPG:: A mural inside St. Basils in Moscow DSCF0195.JPG:: This was taken inside St. Basils pointing up one of the spires. DSCF0196.JPG:: Another shot inside St. Basils DSCF0199.JPG:: This is St. Basils, the church beside the Moscow Kremlin that is usually shown in pictures DSCF0200.JPG:: The river that flows past the Kremlin DSCF0201.JPG:: Huge freakin' chunks of ice DSCF0202.JPG:: Kremlin on the left, the GUM straight ahead, St. Basil's on the right DSCF0203.JPG:: One of the many crazy roads past the Kremlin DSCF0205.JPG:: An old Soviet office building that got converted into apartments, still bearing a hammer and sickle on the top DSCF0207.JPG:: I believe this is a statue of Dostoevsky DSCF0209.JPG:: Another shot of the Dostoevsky statue DSCF0211.JPG:: Something to do with Lenin... DSCF0213.JPG:: Another evil looking Soviet building DSCF0214.JPG:: Museums in Russia are freakin' retarded. You can't take pictures unless you pay an extra 100 rubles for the privilege. Then sometimes you just get yelled at even if you taking a picture anyway. This is by Alexeyev of Red Square hanging in the Tretyakov gallery. DSCF0216.JPG:: This is a statue I saw in the National History Museum in Red Square. DSCF0217.JPG:: A close-up of the statue DSCF0218.JPG:: Not really sure what this is of but it was in the National History Museum. DSCF0219.JPG:: Not really sure what this is of but it was in the National History Museum. DSCF0222.JPG:: A tunic in the National History Museum. Very old from what we could tell by the sign. DSCF0223.JPG:: A mask in the National History Museum. DSCF0224.JPG:: Gruesome... DSCF0225.JPG:: This is one of the canals in St Petersburg DSCF0226.JPG:: This is one of the canals in St Petersburg DSCF0227.JPG:: This is one of the canals in St Petersburg DSCF0229.JPG:: St Isaacs Cathedral in St Petersburg DSCF0230.JPG:: This is a park near the Winter Palace/Hermitage DSCF0231.JPG:: This is a park near the Winter Palace/Hermitage DSCF0232.JPG:: The Alexander Column in the Winter Palace square DSCF0233.JPG:: This is a long shot of the Winter Palace/Hermitage DSCF0234.JPG:: The other side of the Winter Palace square DSCF0235.JPG:: The Winter Palace square DSCF0236.JPG:: Dave and the Alexander Column DSCF0238.JPG:: The other side of the Winter Palace square DSCF0240.JPG:: The Alexander Column in the Winter Palace square DSCF0241.JPG:: There were two discarded ice sculptures covered in khopecks in a St Petes alley. So we helped ourselves to some khopecks. DSCF0242.JPG:: There were two discarded ice sculptures covered in khopecks in a St Petes alley. So we helped ourselves to some khopecks. DSCF0243.JPG:: More khopecks DSCF0244.JPG:: Bridge construction in a St Petes canal DSCF0245.JPG:: Bridge construction in a St Petes canal DSCF0246.JPG:: A confusing sign near the Pushkin apartment DSCF0249.JPG:: A lame attempt at advertising? DSCF0250.JPG:: A statue of a dog that Irina showed us. Some kids wanted some money to tell us the story so we told them to piss off (I thought we were being setup for a mugging). DSCF0251.JPG:: A statue of a dog that Irina showed us. Some kids wanted some money to tell us the story so we told them to piss off (I thought we were being setup for a mugging). DSCF0253.JPG:: I believe this is a statue of Pushkin. DSCF0255.JPG:: I believe this is a statue of Pushkin. DSCF0258.JPG:: An up-escalator shot in the metro DSCF0259.JPG:: An up-escalator shot in the metro DSCF0260.JPG:: The Hermitage DSCF0263.JPG:: Dave and Irina at the ice skating rink in St Petes DSCF0264.JPG:: Me and Dave at the ice skating rink in St Petes DSCF0265.JPG:: Taking pictures and ice skating at the same time isn't easy DSCF0270.JPG:: Be Free, the store DSCF0271.JPG:: Inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petes DSCF0272.JPG:: Inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petes DSCF0273.JPG:: A shot of the Peter and Paul cathedral in St Petes DSCF0274.JPG:: The Peter and Paul cathedral in St Petes DSCF0275.JPG:: Inside the Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0276.JPG:: The Peter and Paul cathedral holds the remains of all czars from Peters the Great all the way to Nicholas II (I believe). This picture is of Nicholas II and some of his family. DSCF0277.JPG:: More of the Nicholas II family DSCF0278.JPG:: More of the Nicholas II family DSCF0279.JPG:: A spire in the Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0280.JPG:: Inside the Peter and Paul cathedral in St Petes DSCF0283.JPG:: I believe these are the vaults of Peters the Great and Catherine the Great DSCF0284.JPG:: More of the czars vaults DSCF0285.JPG:: Another shot inside the Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0287.JPG:: A window shot inside the prison in the Peter and Paul fortress DSCF0288.JPG:: A window shot inside the prison in the Peter and Paul fortress DSCF0289.JPG:: A window shot inside the prison in the Peter and Paul fortress DSCF0290.JPG:: It was quite a nice prison actually... DSCF0291.JPG:: The spire of the Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0292.JPG:: The Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0293.JPG:: The Peter and Paul cathedral DSCF0295.JPG:: A sputnik replica DSCF0297.JPG:: A cosmonaut space capsule DSCF0298.JPG:: The foot bridge from the Peter and Paul Fortress to the main land DSCF0305.JPG:: The skyline over the Neva river DSCF0308.JPG:: A really bad shot of the Peters and Paul Fortress DSCF0309.JPG:: Irina, our guide in St Petersburg DSCF0310.JPG:: Me, up to no good DSCF0315.JPG:: Going down the escalator in St Petes DSCF0316.JPG:: Irina and Dave on the escalator DSCF0317.JPG:: Me on the escalator. It was damn cold out in St Petes.