Monuments of Moscow: Cervantes

Continuing with my Monuments of Moscow series, we have seen some monuments already.

Today you are about to see a monument to Cervantes, the great Spanish novelist and philosopher, literary figure.

The long road to Cervantes. 

The monument is located in the middle of a park - the Druzhba Park in North Moscow.

I think, the monument, which is a bit on the smaller size, was gifted to the City of Moscow by the Mayoral office of Madrid or something and installed in the late 1990s - early 2000s at the latest.

Cervantes used to have a rapier or some other type of sword on his left there which however was stolen on at least two occasions (and it even made local papers) so they finally decided not to replace it.

Park walk

More Moscow park walks... and more park views.

In fact, it's the same park I continue to explore -- the Druzhba park in the north of Moscow -- as I pass through the place at least twice weakly.

This was on August 20, 2014.

Nice park if a bit small but there are ponds and boats can be hired.

Moscow Monorail Trip

A trip by Moscow Monorail on a sunny September day - September 7, 2014, some photos (clickable).

A view from Ulitsa Milashenkova Station, looking in the direction of the Western terminal point.

Awaiting the train...

And you can see it coming (above).

A human ant hill.

Now photos shot through the carriage window on the move.

Below -- the famous Worker and Farmer sculpture.

That's at the end station.

Pictures from an Exhibition

Sunday, August 24, 2014, at the VDNKh in Moscow, Russia.

The VDNKh is a permanent exhibition showcasing industrial and agricultural achievements and is also a major entertainment and recreation location in the north of Moscow. 

Entering it from the side opposite the Central Entrance.

 The Space Pavilion as seen from back.

Approaching now the Meat Industry pavilion.

My Strela 3133 45 mm chronograph.

The Meat Industry pavilion.

WOTD: Strela 3133 45 mm Volmax

My Watch of the Day (WOTD) today is my Strela Shturmanskie 3133 45 mm by Volmax.

Took it on a stroll to Moscow's VDNKh.

At the Meat Industry Pavilion.

The Vostok spacecraft.

At the monorail elevated train station upon exit from VDNKh.

A view on Hotel Kosmos.