No wonder there were no crowds

So after the Russian Museum we thought we would fit in the Saviour of the Spilled Blood.
Walking up to this beautiful structure ( we got over the disappointment yesterday of its main turret being swathed in scaffolding and covered- we had the same issue with the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar!!) we were amazed at the lack of crowds and thought our luck was in..... no it was closed!!
Back we go tmrw!!Read more