{"id":247,"date":"2009-05-12T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=247"},"modified":"2009-05-12T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T11:35:23","slug":"a-bit-of-television-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2009\/05\/12\/a-bit-of-television-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of television tourism&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day Two in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman\">The three hour time difference is playing with my body clock (we are 3 hours ahead)\u00a0but despite this we were up and out of the apartment by midday.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Karen and I headed for Red Square and the Kremlin, as it is on our doorstep.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The location of our apartment is worth every penny\/cent\/euro\/ruble. When you turn the corner and this is what you see\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-249\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/11-me-saint-basils.jpg\" alt=\"11-me-saint-basils\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/11-me-saint-basils.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/11-me-saint-basils-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">Here are some images of the day yesterday afternoon (Monday) as we headed for the Press Centre. It really is stunning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-256\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/12-red-square-again1.jpg\" alt=\"12-red-square-again1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/12-red-square-again1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/12-red-square-again1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-251\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/13-red.jpg\" alt=\"13-red\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/13-red.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/13-red-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-261\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/17-me-saint-b.jpg\" alt=\"17-me-saint-b\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/17-me-saint-b.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/17-me-saint-b-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/20-kremlin.jpg\" alt=\"20-kremlin\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/20-kremlin.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/20-kremlin-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">But what of the Song Contest itself?\u00a0 News as it occured next&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day Two in Moscow. 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