As The East Is From The west

As The East Is From The west http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html Red Square is the Russian equivalent of Time Square where New Year’s Eve is concerned Bull It’s the year of the bull so all sorts of related merchandise has been for sale on the streets. This hat is the one thing I’ve bought http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#0 66dec89a-491b-4bdb-97e0-baa2d09b37fc http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_0846_2/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_0846_2/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Bull<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">It’s the year of the bull so all sorts of related merchandise has been for sale on the streets. This hat is the one thing I’ve bought</p></div></div> Dresses and jeans The dresses because it’s a holiday, the jeans because it’s cold outside http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#1 21ee1415-87c4-4f75-8869-b800202ccfac http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_0855_3/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_0855_3/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dresses and jeans<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">The dresses because it’s a holiday, the jeans because it’s cold outside</p></div></div> Marthe in the bull hat http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#2 4f3d5f5b-45c7-493a-b926-b9125047d42b http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2505/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2505/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Omon trucks<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Do we typically dispatch the riot police for a peaceful holiday night?</p></div></div> Me http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#4 c3a489a8-32c7-4f3a-b4b3-1b5dffb5f505 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2517/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2517/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Guards<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">I’m not sure what they were guarding, though, because we were simply allowed to walk between them</p></div></div> Tree http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#6 e824ea8a-3109-4bcf-9519-afc336d77430 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2525/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2525/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Alyonka and me<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Okay, so it’s a little bit photoshopped. But if I’d used a less blurry background you probably wouldn’t know. Just like you wouldn’t know my scarf was pink and my right arm invisible in the original.</p></div></div> Hannah and I http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#11 8f161870-8afc-4962-abc3-a0afa88e69d6 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2540/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2540/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Indian meal<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Hannah had an early flight to the US on Jan 1st so we spent the rest of the night at the airport</p></div></div> No safety guaranteed Hannah under a sign warning not to use private taxi-drives. Fraud is possible when paying. It was funny because a private taxi was our only option to get there on New Years http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve.html#18 2d03bfce-8088-410a-a377-bf7eb60fdef2 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2587/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/New_Years_Eve_files/Media/IMG_2587/micro.jpg

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