Excursions in the North of Europe Through Parts of Russia Finland Sweden Den
Excursions in the North of Europe Through Parts of Russia Finland Sweden Den
John Barrow
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Grouse, a German, whose death I have since heard of with regret, for he was a civil and respectable man ; and in such a strange place, and after so much fatigue and disap- pointment, one feels grateful even for the hospitality of a good-natvu*ed innkeeper. Here we found our- selves quite comfortable during our stay at Mos- cow, and we had reason to consider ourselves very fortunate to have got into these lodgings, as Mr. Copp's garret proved to be more than suffi- ciently expensive. The first o...bject of our attention in this city was the Kremlin, the ancient palace of the Czars. Entering within the walls of this extraordinary place, and viewing the city from its terrace, it would be difficult to convey any adequate idea of the im- Chap. III. ] MOSCOW. 07 pression which it cannot fail to make upon the mind of a stranger. The character is so totally dif- ferent from that of any European city we had yet seen ; there was so much of the fantastic architecture of oriental mosques and minarets blended with every various form of European edifices, that the eye be- came bewildered by the crowds of objects opposed to it.
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