(we saw these on our walk to Gorky Park to meet up with the group... The first kinda makes me think of Leonardo Davinci and the second just makes me laugh... Yes that says Burp in big graffiti letters on the side of a building)
Today was a free day! No class and no excursions! So, we decided to explore the city. We went down to the "walking street." It's a street where only pedestrians are allowed. It was fun to see all the different shops and monuments. Niznhy Novgorod is a very historical city there were some plaques around and monuments. Our first stop (after stealing some wifi from McDonalds and running into the sister missionaries) was Nizhny's best bookstore. We're nerds okay, this was an exciting moment! Books are really cheap in Moscow. I got a beautifully covered hardback copy of Eugine Onegin (in the original Russian) for $4. And that wasn't even on sale. I might have to get some more books there... I love books.
(Monument to Lenin!)
(Gorky Statue. Nizhny Novgorod used to be named Gorky (like the writer) )
(Best Bookstore in Nizhny!)
(Kino Teatr means Movie theatre... 7D movie theatre... what???)
Then we headed further down the street to just take in the sites. We saw a lot of cool artists and people advertising for the zoo. We got to hold a barn owl! It was exciting. Everything in Russia seems so much more hands on than in America.
There were also these random statues around. I'm still not quite sure what they were for. They didn't have any plaques but we got some pictures with them so that was fun.
(this is a bank guys. A beautiful, gigantic bank)
We also got to go to this cute little museum of Old Things. It wasn't very big but they had a whole floor devoted to old toys. They were so cool and creepy too! I really like how the toys reflect the atmosphere that the country was in during the time period.
(It's a wand. It said so in the label. Seriously. No joke. I know the word wand from reading Harry
Potter in Russian)
Potter in Russian)
(Pretty Piano)
(A was obsessed with this guys beard. She loved it!)
NOW THE TOYS!
(WWII era toys)
(the look on this dogs face...)
(during the space race toys!)
(creepy dolls)
(Playing an oldschool foosball machine but... hockey)
(big A, little car)
(broken china doll faces... a little creepy)
(oldschool sewing machine)
(big k, little car)
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