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[pixiecrinkle]

You know you've spent too long on google sightseeing when you think you may have actually spotted the great wall of China. I'm still not sure--no high resolution photos outside major cities in China.

I did findthe Kremlin though. Anyone know what that enormous building with trees inside just to the east is?? I googled a lot and best I can find is that it's a hotel, but that didn't sound right to me.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

I can't find my city map just this instant, but when I find it, I'll try to remember to look. Of course, a LOT has changed in ten years.

I'm fairly sure, however, that is the Rossiya Hotel. I could be wrong.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

That's what the only map I could find that labeled it said it was. I just couldn't rationalize the overhead view with the photo of the hotel they showed. Pretty cool building!

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking the map, by the way. I'm having fun looking at the school and following streets to see where I lived and ate and drank. Of course, it's a bit difficult, since my frame of reference involves Metro stations, but I can find the major places I spent time.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

btw, from your link, zoom out three times. IN the upper NW quandrant, where the colors change, you can see a small oval (it's a stadium). I lived very near that stadium.

The classrooms I attended were downtown, very near the Kremlin.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

That's really cool. Bit of a trek, wasn't it?

I have had so much fun looking at cities in Europe & Asia and comparing their layouts to cities in the U.S. It's really amazing how different they can be.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

It's not as far as it looks. And those subway trains are mighty fast. Moscow is a HUGE city. I was still in a relatively "old" section.