A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Moscow, Russia by TravelPod blogger Gfitz titled "Gagarin Square" Gfitz’s travel blog entry: "The first time the temperature got up to 1 degree (Celsius), I celebrated by going for my first run of the trip. I ran to the Gagarin Square, which is down the street from where I live on Leninsky Prospekt, maybe 3 miles away. It was a hilly run and I learned a few times that no puddle, no matter how shallow it looks, should be trampled upon without precise knowledge of its exact depth. I also learned that people in Moscow don't run. Anywhere. For good reason too, as there is so much smog that I might have made myself significantly LESS healthy by running in it. A young boy, about 4 years old and 2 1/2 feet tall, stared at me while I was stretching like he was looking at a ghost. His mother led him by the hand across the street to a bus stop not far from where I had stopped to stretch. The kid never took his eyes off me. Not even once. I waved at him after I was done and started running towards the square. Who knows? Maybe I inspired the next Russian marathon champion? The Gagarin Square was impressive. The statue of Yuri is 40 meters tall and made of stainless steel. I am significantly shorter than Yuri's likeness in these pics, but I posed for a few pics with him anyway. Random fact: In real life, Yuri was only 5'2." Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. "Yuri 01" 2. "Yuri 02" 3. "Yuri 04" 4. "Yuri ...