Red Square Surprise

Today the Red Square was on the program to be visited and just a short walk away from the residance, with the sun providing a welcome bonus. Its really weird to enter on this huge square with such a rich history after having only seen it prior on tv. Quiet exciting and really nice, the buildings would look good in a Willy Wonka story and give you the strange sensation to start licking them...

Being in the middle of the square it is obvious that we are all small and Russia is big and powerful. With the GUM shopping center for the rich, the famous McDonalds that everybody remembers when it opened, the grave of Lenin, and of course the Kremlin and the St Basils cathedrale. Not to forget all the different faces of the people walking around, I guess everybody looks rather bizarre wearing 6 sheeps and one reindeer ... All that walking around made my desire for any espresso very strongski and the search for a nice bar/restaurant started in the famous GUM shopping center. You cannot believe that shops were empty years ago with now the branches of Dior, Gucci, Hermes etc But the best was yet to come. The shops are being managed by a group that is of course very close to my heart...The Bosco family.
Really funny to see that the Boscos are everywhere. The Boscobar is the place to be, funky design and very trendy for the happy few, I like the sound of that.
The place looked really light and colourful with the most beautiful cakes. Staff all kitted out in orange (of course) so a quick lunch and espresso with cake seemed to be the right option. The majority of the clients were foreign or rich russians with even a Dutch guy with an Ajax scarf sitting 2 meters away!

Pricewise its close to Monaco, 4,50 for an espresso is as cheap as chips... But all very good. Moving on to what seems to be the most expensive street in Moscow, huge Maybachs trying to drive over you to buy the latest Cartier ring, a Ferrari dealership next to a Tods shoe shop, only in Moscow its all centralized and really out in the open; if you are rich, you show it!
The only down side is that things become really dark quickly so, the rich need to wake up early....