Spring day in Moscow

Our days journey started at the train station with the local wild dogs chasing trains when they came into the station. I knew that dogs chase cars and the postman but these critters chase trains!

The spring weather dished up quite a variety for us during the day. Rain when we left the apartment, brief and weak period of sun, sleet and heavy snow by the day's end.

It was starting to snow when we walked down Red Square to the river. A group of workers were mending and relaying an area of cobble stones using an interesting selection of tools.

The river has mainly thawed and this has made life happier for the  ducks.

We had planned to visit the Russian Gallery of Art. It was quite a walk but finally found it.

There are many buildings here but this is the one we visited.

The artist whose work we wanted to see was Ivan Shishkin. The collection was amazing. His work is mainly landscapes of Russia. Here is a link below to some of his most famous paintings. If you click on the link and follow the arrows at the bottom of each picture you will see several of his works. the bears in the forest are the most well recognized of his paintings.
http://www.russianartgallery.org/famous/shishkin_morning.htm

When we walked out of the gallery to go to the Metro we found this interesting work of art.

Ice piles outside the gallery.

A great end to an interesting day following earlier mishaps when we managed by mistake to end up in the middle of nowhere by getting off at the wrong station. A kind Russian man called Bill helped us find our way to the Metro after two bus rides not really knowing where we were heading. All's well  that ends well!