It's Sunday evening and Curls and I are back in our warm little flat after a trip out to see the Church of the Intercession at Fili which was constructed between 1689 and 1694 in the shape of a Greek cross. Apparently it is actually two churches a summer one and a winter one, although when we went only one church was open.
Before we went inside we decide to test my sexy new 55-250mm lens out so walked round the back of the grounds and squeezed through a small gap in the iron fence into the massive garden at the back of the church, ten minutes of mincing around in the knee deep old snow and prolific picture taking followed...
When we eventually decided to go inside we saw the ground floor of the church which looked like it was still under going restoration (after the French raided it and nicked all the good stuff - including the gold onions on top, which have since been replaced). The interior walls were painted white with (what I think was) original artwork some of which directly painted onto the walls. There were few people there and the atmosphere was warm, quiet and very welcoming - the old ladies in charge even let us take some photos 'but not too many' score!
We left feeling nice and warm and walked what felt like the long way to the next Metro station. We strolled over the Moskva River talking cameras, lenses and photo editing software (it was delicious!) where we saw a lady with a pony, a big boat frozen into the river and Moscow's answer to London's Canary Wharf, after several stops for directions we arrived at the shiny new Metro - Выставочная (Vystavochnaya) and were soon back home for tea (me) and press-ups (Mr Muscles).
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