Moscow

I share my birthday with V.I. Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Russian revolution, J.R.Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb and Marilyn Chambers, the American porn star. I'm glad I'm in a good company.

In 2006, my husband had a Russian client and becuase he quite enjoyed living in Moscow as an expat, he suggested I may come over for my birthday. "There are many Lenins hanging around the Red Square. You can celebrate together! We can even go to the Mausoleum."

The orthodox Easter happened to fall in the same weekend so we decided to broaden our horizons by visiting some religious places as well and I wanted to attend the midnight mass (which J. happily skipped).