BVXT, or VVTs, or something, was some kind of Soviet Exhibition center, or something. It's a huge space with something like 100 pavilions and a huge fancy House of Soviets (or something like that) in the middle, with stars and hammers and sickles and a huge Lenin statue. Plus there's a separate building for each of the former Soviet republics and some big gold shiny ostentatious fountains. It was probably nice, in its way, at some point in the past. Now in among the buildings is a super cheesy amusement park with a go-cart track outlined by piles of tires, and those big inflatable things that kids bounce around in, and people yelling into megaphones. Loud bad constantly changing dance music blared and the woman in charge of the pay portable toilets made out with some dude in her own personal portable toilet/office. Inside the buildings were wax museums and cheap jewelry stores and cell phone kiosks. As Shane said "It's like someone took a huge capitalist dump on Versailles."
Anyway, we've got train tickets and now also have toilet paper and snacks and a liter of boxed wine and are just a few hours away from getting on the train. This is gonna be a good adventure.
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