To counter my Debbie Downer cat post: my apartment is just a few blocks from the Kazan Kremlin, and right now I can hear a riot of church bells coming either from there, the monastery down the street, or the church up the hill. I hope today isn't a special Sunday (it might be Trinity Sunday/Pentecost by the Orthodox calendar, not sure), because I'd love to hear them every week. Orthodox church bells make one of my favorite soundscapes. They don't play melodies or toll a slow, solemn rhythm – they ring out as a cloud of complicated patterns and pitches. Really beautiful. I recommend looking for recordings online.
I'm sad that I haven't yet heard the Muslim call to prayer, which I also find very beautiful. Maybe they don't do it from the mosque in the Kremlin, or maybe I haven't been listening at the right times.
Ok, time to meet the ducklings for a tour of the city!
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