9th May, Victory Day
9th May, the celebration of 60 years of Victory of USSR, in World War II against facism. Who's who from the whole world were gathered in Moscow to witness the celebrations at the Red Square (The Kremlin). Even we ventured out but, of course the whole area was courdoned off only for the war veterans and VIP's. I was feeling so good as there were so many poeple on the streets all of them enjoying themselves. I saw a girl go to a veteran and give him flowers, the old man replied spasibo (thanks) and kissed her on the cheeks, the girl went back and reunited with her boyfriend/husband. It was so cool to walk on the main streets of Moscow (near Pushkinskaya) named after the celebrated writer Pushkin. We went to the Old Arbat Street, its a street and both sides you have shops, cafe's and restaurant. On the street you would find people playing music, singing, drawing portraits, doing acrobatics, break dance etc. for money and amusement. The whole stretch of Arbat is about 1.5 km. We roamed for about 4 or 5 hours around The Kremlin and then returned home. I didnt check the media reports of the next day but i heard that the celebrations were the main news almost across all channels and newspapers.
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