Good day friends! If you like our videos and want to support our channel you may send us a SUPERTHANKS or donate to our accounts PayPal: islandlife1221 (Darlene Bumacod) Gcash: 09123132322 (Boris Kuznetsov) Thank you so much for watching! Our Moscow adventures continue. The weather is sunny, but it's still colder than in the south. We decided to stay in the capsule hotel for one night only because of the not so pleasant smell. The police waking us up in the middle of the night also made us uncomfortable. We found a better option and went to this hotel to place our belongings. Then we went back to the Philippine embassy. We were handed our marriage certificate and helped to arrange Boria’s visa. I made a mistake on one of the visa documents. But the embassy staff is so responsive and understanding. My husband witnessed one of the best Filipino traditions "bayanihan." It means to help each other in times of need and to do it from the heart. They even wished us a good future in the Philippines. I feel very energetic, despite the lack of sleep and the cold. My reaction showed that the long walk was worth it. I couldn't believe I am really here. Before, I had only admired this building in movies and pictures. And I never thought I would see it in real life. And now here we are. My husband is happy to be here with me to experience things I never had before.It was now the second half of the day and it was getting colder outside. We walked into the main department store in the country. The decor inside is impressive. It's like we're walking down a pedestrian street past showcases of luxury stores and cafes. While walking along Arbat, my husband and I stopped at a photo exhibition. It is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow. It's good that Russians remember the heroism and exploits of Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War. Although it involved 62 nations out of the 73 that existed on the planet at the time. Not many of us remember that the Soviets fought the beginning of World War II on the side of Nazi Germany. In the early days of the war, they captured Poland and solemnly celebrated their joint success at a parade. Then the Soviet Union continued to seize foreign territories. And in 1940 it occupied Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Supplied Germany with raw materials and food until the day it attacked the Soviet Union. We must not forget these pages of history, even if they are painful and inconvenient for us. Otherwise history will repeat itself. As we continued walking, we saw a mural depicting the famous Russian singer and musician Victor Tsoi. The graffiti is enclosed on all sides by a construction fence and can only be seen through a small crack. Boria started to tell me about the Russian rock legend. Suddenly some unfamiliar guys came up to us and invited us inside. It could have been Tsoi's 60th birthday this year. Later we found out that a whole festival in Chelny had been cancelled. The administrators decided that some of his songs were undesirable to play today. Including the song "I want change". Tsoi did not like to march in formation and even mutilated himself to avoid being drafted into the army and to avoid going to war in Afganistan. Perhaps this fence was not put up to enclose this pit. Once again, it's up to us what music to listen to, what books to read. In this store I noticed a cute Russian dress. I said that wanted to take a picture in a traditional Russian dress, so my husband bought it for me. Outside we stopped again at the photo gallery. It's a shame that foreigners like me can't understand what the pictures are about because there is no English translation. Our train will be in the evening, so we still have some free time. We decided to go to Red Square again and find a place to eat lunch. There is a legend that Tsar Ivan the Terrible ordered to gouge out the eyes of the architect of this cathedral so he could not repeat his masterpiece anywhere else. We were hungry and went in search of a cafe, where we could have an inexpensive lunch. On the Internet we found a canteen, which is located on the other side of the big Moskvoretskiy bridge. It is not very far, so we decided to walk there. It took us a while to find the canteen. We even got a little lost. It turned out that it was in a narrow alley. It is worth the long walk, because there's rice... Ever since my husband married a Filipina, he learned one thing: we can't live happily without rice. One famous phrase in the Philippines is "Rice is life." Life in Moscow is too expensive for provincials like us. Nighttime in Moscow paints a completely different view of the city. The bright lights of the surrounding establishments look very beautiful and lively. Now we are on the subway, on the way to the train station. We are happy to have done all our business here without too much trouble. We thought our adventure would end there, but we were very wrong.

• published: 07 Nov 2022
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