This one is for you, Tash Reid!

When we were in Moscow we visited Red Square several times. The thing that drew us back to Red Square again and again was St Basil's Cathedral. We didn't even go inside it. It was enough just to look at it from the outside.

I think St Basil's Cathedral is probably my favourite church in the world. To me, it looks like something out of a fairy tale. Like the type of castle a wizard might live in. I think if all churches looked like St Basil's then more people would go to church. Don't you think that St Basil's looks like a fun place to go?

On our first night in Moscow, we wandered down to Red Square late at night. Standing in Red Square, looking up at St Basil's was one of those pinch myself moments. It happened on a lot of our travels. I couldn't believe that I was actually getting to visit places that I've dreamed about visiting since I was little.

On our third day in Moscow, we walked through Red Square in the afternoon. It was the golden hour and the light was this beautiful honey colour. It's impossible to take a bad photo in such light.

It was here that I took my favourite photo of the whole trip. St Basil's and a heart shaped balloon. I heart St Basil's too!

More photos (slideshow) of Moscow on Flickr.

Our visit to Red Square was part of our Taste of Russia tour. We did a 9-day tour, travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg, with Intrepid Travel. Other entries from this trip include: Travel Pensieve: Novodevichy Cemetery.

Novodevichy Cemetery is one of Moscow's most popular tourist attractions. The cemetery is next door to Novodevichy Convent, a UNESCO World Heritage site so that might explain why so many people visit. There are also some famous people buried there.

I found the grave stones in the cemetery fascinating. In the graveyards that I've visited in the past, grave stones are usually just headstones with names and dates carved on them. The gravestones in Novodevichy were very elaborate. Some markers had pictures etched onto the stones. There were lots of sculptures as well.

These pictures and sculptures show what people valued in their lives. You kind of get a feeling for what the people might have been like when they were alive. There are some obvious ones, like men dressed in military uniforms or a sculpture of a ballerina. But then there are some random ones too. Like the woman pictured with her cat or the sculpture of a man and his dog. I'd love to know the reasons behind the choice of such monuments.

If you had to choose one thing to represent you for all eternity, what would it be?

More photos (slideshow) of Moscow on Flickr.

Our visit to Novodevichy Cemetery was part of our Taste of Russia tour. We did a 9-day tour, travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg, with Intrepid Travel. This is the first entry from that trip.