This weekend we road tripped it out to visit some friends in a little city outside of Moscow. There wasn't a whole lot to see but they had a mall, a coffee bean and a United Colors of Benetton so I'm just gonna say maybe it's not such a small town after all.
They did have this one really cool church. If you remember the game CandyLand you'll see the resemblance to the licorice castle.
The church was big and ominous. I've gotten into this really bad habit. Everything around here is in Russian and I never have a clue what is going on so I've just started wandering aimlessly and doing whatever I want until someone starts yelling at me. Ignorance is bliss, right? I'm going to have to start paying attention soon.
They also have a tradition there that on your wedding day you go to the bridge, put a padlock on it and then throw the key into the river. It's symbolic of, well, a lot of things. I was really loving the bridge full of locks...it might have been my favorite thing about the city, besides my sweet friends!
And of course what good Russian town is complete without a statue of Lenin.
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