The End of Moscow

This is my last weekend in Moscow. It's been lots of fun but it's definitely time to move on. It's a good place but probably not my favorite. However I did have a blast with my friend and I actually made a lot of random friends too which was really fun.
And in the past two days I've seen a guy on a unicycle and a man taking an extra large raven onto the metro with him. Plenty of entertainment around here. Speaking of metro experiences...

So I'm on the metro with my friend and an extremely drunk guy gets on, sits down across from us and starts rummaging through his bag. Next thing we know he pulls out a box of cherry juice, takes a swig and then offers it to us. We say no thank you and he looks a little confused but shrugs it off. Then he pulls out some old Mcdonalds french fries and offers them to us. We politely refuse and he puts them back. The next item was a small orange. Again we declined but by this point he's getting a little offended that he is trying to share and we don't want any of his food that he is so generously offering. Finally he pulls out a second container of old french fries and, again, we say no. I had half a coke in my purse that I really wanted to offer to him but I guess it was his stop because he packed up all his food items and got off the train before I had the chance.

On the same night we switched trains and found another crazy. This guy was not drunk but had his headphones on and was jamming out. At times he would actually stand up, do a little jazz spin, and then sit back down. The middle-aged women sitting next to him was not impressed with any of his dance moves. Now normally on the metro people don't talk at all so it was a little strange when music man leaned over to his unpleasant friend to strike up a conversation. It was obvious to everyone else in our car that the lady wasn't interested but music man didn't take the hint. He kept talking and talking with a jazz spin thrown in here and there.

Next thing we see is him offering his headphones to the lady. She declined and he kept offering and offering, talking all about whatever song it was he was listening to. She flat out refuses and sternly says something to the effect of 'leave me the heck alone. I don't want to listen to your stupid music.' So the guy puts it on speaker and turns it up really really loud so that the entire car could hear. That lady was going to hear his song whether she wanted to or not. Finally he got off the train and several people burst into laughter. At this point I still had my half coke and I really wanted to sit down and offer it to her but she wasn't the kind of person who would think it was funny and I don't speak Russian so I just don't think it would have gone over well.
I also went to this famous church. It's pretty amazing. You can't take pictures inside but it was beautiful and ornate and I enjoyed it.

Tomorrow is my last day in Russia. Then I'm headed to Budapest, Hungary to visit my college roommate for a few weeks. She came to visit me in February and I am so excited to see her and get to experience her life.