Crane your neck as you look up at the towering Moscow University. See the Space Monument and TV Tower. Afternoon at leisure in Moscow. Its air is clean, and its inlaid walls are polished, framing contemporary paintings, drawings, photographs, and statuary. Pick up the pace tonight with an exciting ride on an overnight train.
Railway trains are different in Russia.
To begin, the railway tracks are farther apart than in Western countries, and the railway coaches are thus wider and more spacious, with purple curtains and oriental rugs on the inside, occasional silver services of samovar tea, and crisp white sheets on the sleeping berths. City sightseeing this morning. See the gigantic Peter and Paul Fortress, designed to protect a valuable marine harbor during those months of the year it is not choked with ice. This afternoon take the short ride to the silent, grass-covered Piskarevskoye Cemetery. Dinner and overnight at hotel.