I've spent the last two days wandering around Moscow, Russia like a tourist. This is the first time so far I actually feel more like a tourist than a world traveler. We're staying in a hotel room with actual beds, real towels, key cards, elevators, and people who speak English at the front desk. Yesterday we walked around the Red Square and surrounding areas. We saw Lenin in the dead flesh, walked inside St. Basil's, roamed the streets, went into the inner city of the Kremlin, and hung out on a long pedestrian street. In total i took 386 photos yesterday in the span of 10 hours. Today we split up and went to one of the biggest markets in Europe that happens to be right outside our hotel. I bought some beautiful things: Russian dolls, Amber, Christmas ornaments, Russian socks, and them most amazing handcrafted leather journal. It has been a very successful day. And to end it I was sung an Aaron Bird original song, read a bedtime story by Brock Powell, and sung to by our very own Backstreet Boys (Sam, Macho, Steven, Brock, Aaron, Ben, and Ethan in spirit). These men just continue to surprise us Around the World girls. They really are some of the most amazing guys I've ever met and I'm so excited to spend three more months with all of them!
It's strange that we're already leaving Russia; our time here has gone by so fast. It seems like our last few days especially were filled with A LOT of adventures and new people. I will miss Russia, and I will miss the people I've met and grown close to over the past two weeks. Russia has been a bit of everything, both cold and warm (in two senses of each word).
Tomorrow I head to Turkey to spend two more weeks traveling and exploring. I hope to meet more new people, experience more new things, and continue to be stretched.
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