The late night did start to have an effect on me. Generally what happens is that I become more sensitive to my situation. I had had no trouble adjusting to being on the boat. Of course, being a river cruise the motion was very gentle, but now on land in Moscow I began to feel as if everything was gently moving. I hadn't properly got my land legs. It wasn't a great problem. As leaping around the Metro had strained the muscles in one hip I took to using my stick and of course this helped with the motion problem. We went to the Kremlin. As we were a pre-booked party we didn't have to queue for very long. It was raining but not badly. The word Kremlin means a fortress, an enclosed area. Inside is the President's residence and place of work. There was the clock tower which I recognized from watching President Putin's New Year address, which he gave after the clock struck midnight. I am an unashamed fan of President Putin and watch his broadcasts regularly on Russian T.V. via the internet and then as my Russian is not very good I watch again on Youtube with subtitles. We in the West could learn a lot from him and should look to our own misdemeanours before we criticize him. There are various gold domed churches within the Kremlin. There is a huge bell with a piece fallen out of it. There are cannons large and small. The President was away. At the G20 I think.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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