The rest of the pictures from the other day

I have been promising these pictures for several days, now, so it is probably time to make good on the promise. Let's see how quickly this goes...

Dylan and Sergei at the Rubai, an Uzbekh restaurant just down the street. Dylan and I have eaten there twice now, and last night I had a Tatar rabit dish that was absolutely superb!

 Here we are with our hands on the belly of the Kazan Cat (Kazan Kot). Rubbing his belly brings good luck, so we had to...

Four students near the canal that runs through the center of the city. The Kremlin is in the background.

The next views are of the Kremlin from down the hill and across the road. It gives some idea of the size of the citadel itself, although it does not show just how daunting an attack from this direction would be.