Ballet and Prisons

This is a shot of the facade of the Bolshoi Theater under wraps for renovation. It's been under renovation for the past two or three years with no end date in site. (Bolshoi just means "big".) The Christmas tree (New Year's tree?) in front of the Theater is typical of the beautiful trees we saw all over town. Some are decorated in a traditional style and some have modern psychadelic designs.

Later we passed the infamous Lubyanka Prison (sorry, I couldn't get a good picture of it from the moving bus). The statue of Lenin that used to stand in front of it is gone and the KGB has a new name, but you still don't want to be invited to spend time there.