Walking around

Today we spent more time walking around the city. Not much else for us to do, not much on tv (especially in the morning) and we weren't really able to get out before. We had lunch at the California Pizza then walked around some. Headed back to the room, rested and relaxed, then in the afternoon walked some more. We then had some food at Subway, made a quick stop at the market then back to the room. It was very nice out and Krasnoyarsk is a nice place to walk around (at least the areas we were in). Most of the sidewalks are brick, the streets are clean for the most part, they put up lighted trees and tulips are everywhere (almost ready to bloom). There are lots of little parks and mini-parks, lots of fountains, just a neat place to see.

I have created a photo album of the pictures so they do not fill the blog up. Lots of the architecture looks neat so I took pictures of some buildings without knowing what they are.

Here is a link for the album: photos

In the morning we started off down to the California Pizza for lunch. The Hawaiian pizza (ham and pineapple) is very good. We then explored some new areas but didn't find anything real exciting.

In the afternoon, we started off going down to the river and turning left. As we went past the plaza I took a picture of one of the carriages there. There are people with horses to give horse rides (more for kids) along with various horse-drawn carriages. I don't know if these along with the food/drink stands are normal or form the Victory Day weekend or what. Down at the river there is a river walk type of area, really just a paved pedestrian area to walk along the river. Lots of people walking, food and drink stands near the river. We headed back towards the hotel and went past it to the park near the Lenin statue. Another neat park with lots of tulips almost ready to bloom. If we are still here when they all bloom I'll take some more pictures of the various tulip areas. 

Although we are limited in what we can do this is still a nice city, for the areas we have been in. It's been fun spending time with Heather here. It will be interesting to see what the week brings with another orphanage visit and the court trip, then whatever else we are going to do. I don't know how many visits we might have during the waiting period. It will be nice to get home, but it isn't too bad being here.