A man who worked at the museum began to speak to me, but when I told him I didn't understand Russian, he began talking to Nino. She got a laugh out of this, and assured him she was Georgian, and now a Muscovite. He invited us to a barbecue that was to take place the next day, some distance by train outside the city. He said he wanted to show me some real Russian hospitality while I was here. I was to receive plenty of hospitality on this trip, though.
Statues demark each side.
Notice the rainbow to the left. The darkened skies that rumbled around us as we strolled around the museum broke off towards the city to display the beautiful rainbow you see in the picture to the left. I wandered around taking these next two shots while Nino talked to our new friend about things in Moscow. Like most Russians I met, he spoke a little bit of english and made great efforts to speak to me. More and more I was feeling a bit dumb for not speaking any more Russian than, 'nyet', 'vodka' and 'ruble'.