Ostankino TV Tower vs. Coca Cola

The Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow posing... as a Coke bottle...

Streets of Moscow - Paveletsky Railway Station

More Streets of Moscow in phone photography...

Monday (Dec 22, 2014)'s pics... the subject is being at Moscow's Paveletsky Railway Station and on streets around it. 

Exiting said station onto Paveletsky Square which unfortunately is all under construction (which has been going on for decades already). 

A major busy street leading past the station... lots of lit up buildings.

New Invicta 2015 Watch Calendar

On the Invicta website there is now their new 2015 watch calendar available to view and download.

Invicta calendars are quite striking in many departments...

Invicta 2015 Watch Calendar (link opens a large PDF document off Invicta's website)

There are new models in the Invicta 2015 Watch Calendar too... worth a look-see.

Downtown Moscow December 19, 2014

More late night mobile phone photography in my Streets of Moscow series.

Tonight's walk was in the center of Moscow, near the Moskva River which, as it turns out, is apparently brimming with fish -- more about it later.

Looking along Prechistenskaya Embankment at the Kremlin in the distance.

Ditto.

From the bridge over the Moskva River.

Tsereteli's controversial Peter the Great monument (which might have been Columbus previously) smart fix'ed. 

Spotted in Moscow: VW Karmann Ghia (+ bonus: Mercedes-Benz W111)

To continue my Moscow Car series.

Spotted today in Moscow is this VW Karmann Ghia.

Two tone -- orange body, black roof, not sure if original scheme, Type 14, if I am not mistaken.

Orange looks good on a snowless grayish winter day.

Vodny...

Moscow street photography -- Streets of Moscow.

Strictly mobile phone photography today -- in (somewhat) and (very) out of focus.

Kronstadt Blvd near Vodny Stadion Metro Station in the north of Moscow on Sunday December 14, 2014, wet snow, early evening, getting pitch dark... in 30 minutes.

Nice power pylons, are they not?

Out of focus 1 -- dancing lights.

Entrance to an outdoor market -- food, cheap clothing, Chinese knockoffs aplenty...

Out of focus 2 -- my mobile phone does a Monet impression... or is it Manet? ... anyway I wish it was Money. 

A newly opened Vodny Shopping mall -- bottom.

Vodny Shopping Mall -- top.

Stary Arbat

More Moscow street photography from me... to continue my Streets of Moscow series.

Stary Arbat today, also known as Old Arbat or just Arbat Street, a pedestrian area close to center of Moscow.

Approaching Stary Arbat... you can see the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building.

As usual the bright September sun interferes with my point and click photography... and does it even from behind some clouds.

The Foreign Ministry building towering above others... actually it is one of the Seven Stalin Sister skyscrapers (plus the eighth "sister" in Warsaw, Poland, -- the Palace of Culture and Science).

Now looking down Stary Arbat a major pedestrian and promenade area.

Victor Tsoi wall...

This is one of the lanes leading off Stary Arbat looking back at it.

Approaching Novy Arbat now from Stary Arbat.

Coffee...

Coffee in the Kremlin... well, almost... not far from it really - at a Coffee House place in Manege Shopping Center which is close to Red Square (if not actually on or under it). 

The coffee place.

The ceiling.. very colorful.

An indoor fountain too... working... and see-through elevators climbing up and down the wall.

The menu.

Ordered: two cappuccinos -- one large, one regular -- a cheesecake and an éclair.

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Nice foam thing... but the coffee is not too hot (as I like it personally).

 The cheesecake (at least it was described as such in the menu).

Well, not too bad overall.

RUB 800 for everything -- way too expensive though.

Impressions: 5/10.