Moscow - Marvels and Miracles IV

Today we had a delightful lunch with a friend оf a friend, Ruth, at a marvellous Uzbek restaurant called Шеш-Беш.  The pickled garlic and green herbal tea vied for being my favourite things.  Afterwards, we strolled down Arbat and back to Red Square - actually getting in this time - and visited first GUM and then the incredible St. Basil's Cathedral.  In one of the upper churches, a four-man choir was singing orthodox music and the bass - from Kazakhstan - had the deepest voice I've ever heard.  The interior of St. Basil's is wonderfully colourful and strange - and this male voice choir added to the mysteriousness of it all.