It has become painfully obvious that I have to invest in a new compact digital camera to replace the Leica D-LUX4 I decided to crash test last year - by seeing how well holds up to falling out of your backpack on the freeway and getting run over by a F250 (not well). However my currently... um... seven or so year old Pentax Optio S5i does still manage a moderate picture about once every three tries... so here's a couple pictures from Red Square last night.
Moscow is gearing up for Christmas on January 7th, Russian Orthodox follows the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar adopted by much of the West and also the Russian government. So the city feels like Christmas, with trees and lights and shoppers out.
