We had to check out of our hotel at noon. Our flight back to Kazakhstan wasn't until after 9:00 p.m. We asked the hotel if we could leave our bags, and they graciously let us keep them in a room in the back. We went and had a late breakfast/early lunch, and then checked out. We had decided that we would go and watch the new "Despicable Me 3" movie in the theater. We had looked at going to ice skating, but the ice arena was too far away, and the reviews didn't make it seem like a good option.
We took the Metro and found the mall where the movie was showing without any problem. The movie theater was quite small, but nice. We bought popcorn and water and settled in to watch. The Stice family just had to go off what was shown on the screen, but our girls could understand it. The movie itself was a bit of a disappointment, it was quite disjointed and didn't seem to have the same heart as the earlier films.
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| Adan and Eve fountain we found on our way to the movies. |
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| While looking for the movie theater, we went the wrong direction and found this beautiful church! |
After the movie was over, we decided we'd go and see the Moscow River up close. There was a canal and an industrial area right across the street, but a cross street led to the river, so we started walking. After two blocks, we were at the river, and we found ourselves right across from the Kremlin and Red Square. The view across the river was amazing, and we spent a few minutes watching the boats come by on the river, and looking at the view. The Metro station was the same either direction, so we walked across the bridge and for the third time in three days - onto Red Square.
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| Red Square across the Moskva River |
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| Beautiful |
About halfway across the square, it started raining, so we made our way quickly to the Metro station. We took a quick trip back to the hotel, got our things, and then back to the Metro to the train station. We took the AeroExpress train back to the airport. The journey was nice and we arrived at the airport at about 5:30 pm.
We went to the Burger King and had a slow relaxing meal. Then we went and stood in line to check in for our flight. We got through that process and had a few hours to wait for our flight.
The flight back to Astana went well. It was a bit turbulent, but no problems. We arrived and got through passport control and customs without any problems and were back at our house by 6:00 a.m. We had been gone for fifteen days, three countries, five cities, and a whole lot of walking and adventures. We had a lovely time.
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