The next day began shockingly early. Breakfast was available in the dining room from 7:00 till 9:00 o'clock. This was not too bad, but the fact that our buses, which would take us to some of the important sights around Moscow and were scheduled to depart punctually at 8:30 made it clear that we would have to be up at 7:00 at the very latest. This, it seemed, was not going to be a day of rest after our tiring day of travel. We would, it had been planned, visit the Kremlin and its Armoury containing many state treasures in the ... (more)