Moscow itself is exotic, and very beautiful.

Unfortunately, I was unable to snag myself a billionaire despite it is the city with most of them. Tsk!

Day 2 started with a nice spread of breakfast, before we we shuttled to the city centre to the Kremlin (honestly, I thought I wouldn’t have the chance to see any of those places of interest, so it was a pleasant surprise!).

There are 4 palaces and 4 cathedrals within its grounds, and it is like the Istana, where the president (of Russia) resides. We were not fated, so I didn’t get to meet him.

Its history started from 2nd millennium B.C., and the new Kremlin’s walls and towers are actually designed by architects from Renaissance Italy and some were from 1400s.

The Russians were very friendly. In fact while we were waiting, the workmen from the nearby museum invited me to sit down to rest. And Russians have the most beautiful eyes, and when they look at you, it is just so naturally for you to be drawn into a hold-the-gaze competition before you look away shyly (read: slut alert!).

The picture above shows me pointing towards one of the 3 churches within the Cathedral square, honestly I can’t differentiate which is Church of Twelve Apostles, Church of the Deposition of the Robe or the Cathedral of the Annunciation. The picture of the door with wall pictures is Church of the Deposition of the Robe.

Me with the chipped Tsar bell somewhere in the collage (if you don’t know which one is the bell, you can, er, drop a message and I will tell you).

Yellow building – The senate building.

The Tsar cannon is uhm just decorative and can’t shoot nuts. Its balls are too big for the hole. In other words, if the cannon is a man, he has erectile dysfunction and is equally impotent.

The one with many golden rounded top below should be Cathedral of the Annunciation.

Yup. It is pretty obvious that I flounted the no-photography rule within the cathedral by making the ultimate mistake of forgetting to switch off my flash. Giggles.

The interior of the cathedral is magnificent and rich with history of the Tsars.

We met plenty of people from Malaysia and Singapore who toured the place with us, and it was great just speaking to people of various industry and of different countries.

We then headed towards the Red Square where a carnival was held in conjuction with the Champions League Finals, it is also where the famous St Basil’s Cathedral is located.

A pity we didn’t get to see Lenin’s body, but you can see Lenin’s Mausoleum in the bottom left most picture.

And 4 of us in front of Moscow State Museum, the red hot building.

The impressive building behind the carnival is actually Ritz Carlton Hotel, Moscow. Gasp!

Managed to catch a glimpse of Moskva River as we walked towards our lunch venue. It was such a long walk and no more heels on cobblestones!

Alas, it was a quick walk-through down the quaint, exotic city, and if only I had the luxury of time to get better acquainted with it.

Justine did and she had said it was the most beautiful place she has ever been to, and perhaps because it was accompanied by a tour in St Petersburg for her.

I am not sure if I will ever return to Russia for a holiday, especially with a list of other places I would wanna go, but it is definitely a place worth exploring and going.

As lunch commenced, we were all geared to head to our meeting place for the major event I had been waiting with bated breath.

After I was charmed, and psyched, I was all ready to be thrilled and meet my heroes in the flesh (though still like, well, very far).