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Today we did some early sight seeing and shopping. We went up to the Sparrow Hills area, formerly called Lenin Hills. It overlooks Moscow and is the hoome of Moscow University. It was interesting as they also had a few ski jumps at the top of the hill and a couple of people practicing jumps.

 

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Overlooking Moscow from Lenin Hills and Moscow State University. Really an attractive area.

 

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Picture of the ski jump taken from the outdoor vendor area and a look down the ski jump from the top.

 

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Ski jumper just after he took off from ramp and Valerie negotiating with a street vendor.

 

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You just can't get away from two things anywhere, McDonald's and new subdivisions.