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We arrived to the hotel at about half past 3 in the morning and went straight to bed. The strange thing was that it was bright already and there were people in the streets, just walking.
For breakfast, we went to Pera - a Turkish restaurant. I got a kavurmali pide, which was so large I needed willpower to finish it, a ruby chocolate coffee and a cold baklava. Kate got a muhammara, which she seemed to have enjoyed, but which was also on the large portion side.
After that, we headed north to the Kremlin, through the Baumana str - the largest pedestrian street in Russia. We got ourselves docker hats, took photos with a giant echpochmak statue and overall enjoyed the walk.
The Kremlin was nice - a fortress of white walls and towers on a hill look like something straingt out of medieval tales. We saw the Kul Sharif Mosque, went up the walls of the Kremlin, I climbed up the Transfuguration tower and took some photos from there. Later I went inside the moaque and went upstairs under the dome and heard about its decorum.
Going back home, it was pretty hot, so we went inside a Harry Potter cafe. I got a butterbeer, which was a fun checkmark, but the drink was a little underwhelming. The interior was cool and they were playing HPatPoA - the best part imo.
