A perfect night in Moscow - part 2

(continued)... after the concert we decided to meet up with some friends for dinner.   Moscovites like eating later in the evenings, particularly in the summer (which is how I like it too - this city is starting to click with me!).   Therefore, we had some time to kill so we started the night with a cool car ride around town, checking out some of the saturday night street scene including the streets around the university where all the drag racers hang out.    A rumble from our german v8 turned some heads, and we then scooted over to the academy of sciences to check out their 22nd floor sky lounge overlooking the city and the sparrow hills national reserve.    Decided to end the night with a stop at the shatyor terrace at chistye prudy lake.   Great friends + a great city = a great vacation. 

sparrow hills and moscow university

 moscow river and the kremlin in the distance:

 

rooftop deck:

 

 

that's a nice chandelier, but I think she shines brighter: