The last breakfast

Had breakfast sitting in ringside seat looking at today's preparations for the 65th anniversary celebrations.  Soldiers/police out in groups, women street sweepers in neon orange sweeping - who knows what - its already uber clean.  Dining room filled with men :)   About 50 of them - surmise they might be press corps.  They have that look.  latest flap is that the president of Turkmenistan wanted his troops to parade on horseback and the last time anyone showed up on horseback in Red Square was Red Army Marshal and national hero Zukov after WW 2.   Angela Merkel, Sarkozy and Hu Jintao are here.  Masses of other presidents.  Us is sending Under secretary of state (???) Britain is in the middle of election.  The excitement mounts but I think I have got the drift and its going to be more of the same - things closed, lots of tanks etc until Tuesday.  TTFN