The Cosmonautics museum was well worth the trek back out to the outskirts of Moscow. Lots of cool space stuff to see (unfortunately no English info again) but bits like Gagarin’s space suit, rocket motors, full sized space station module and Mark Shuttleworth’s jumpsuit (i’m sure for the price he also has a few) kept us enthralled.

Back on the tube to Gorky Park V was being used as a pillow. It was nothing like we imagined – it should be renamed Gorky Theme Park. It’s Gold Reef City with porta-loos and without maintenance. It does have a full sized mockup of the Russian Space Shuttle (the one that never had a manned flight). At least we can say that we have been there, it was hot and we walked our feet off.

Across the road from Gorky Park is the Tretyakov Art Gallery (which we skipped – even V has has enough art for now) and a sculpture park full of odd bits of Soviet sculptures that have been torn down since the collapse. We skipped that too – made no sense to pay and entry fee for a park full of discarded junk !

Another short hop on the tube and we were near Arbat street – lined with souveneir shops, it’s a tourist hang out. V was after a set of Matrioshka dolls, didn’t take long at all. On the way home we stopped by the Matrioshka Doll museum – what a joke. At least it was free.

Our last night in Moscow. Odd bunch of people in the dorm and the battle for the kitchen contiunes. The loud administrator and her buddies take it over as their own every night making it difficult to get in there. This hostel won’t get a good review from me.

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