I visited Red Square.
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| I'm at Red Square, wearing my Seattle Seahawks hat. |
I visited St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square.
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| I'm at St. Basil's Cathedral, still wearing my Seattle Seahawks hat in a low key way, unlike these guys, who brought a suspicious looking flag, probably to protest the twelve McDonald's that were temporarily closed. Okay, maybe not, it may have something more to do with the 12th man. |
I even visited my childhood home near the Medvedkovo metro station in Moscow. We had an apartment on the fifth floor when I was a kid, where I lived until I was eight years old, before my family moved to the United States. I'm told that the place would be worth quite a fortune right now, but since we moved during the time when it was still the Soviet Union (before everything was privatized), we essentially had to give the apartment to the government, so it could be assigned to another nice family.
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| A typical apartment complex in Moscow, where childhood dreams are made. |
While near my childhood home I went to my best friend's apartment, to see if he still lives there. I ran into his younger brother completely by accident and we talked for over an hour about life in Moscow. My friend's brother kindly gave me his older brother's phone number, which I called right away. Amazed at the fact that I still remember him after 25 years, we talked about how much Moscow has changed, and agreed to meet up over a cup of coffee. It will be very interesting to find out how it was like growing up in Moscow during the 90s and 2000s, and I am sure he will be as equally interested about my life spent in the United States. Relations between the United States and Russia may not be the best right now, but among old friends, it could never be better.
