At 3:50pm on Sunday, I was invited to the circus. A 4:45pm performance to which my coworker had extra tickets.

So, it was off to see The Great Moscow Circus!

I'd never been to a circus, but we all have an idea of what should be included in circus performances. I would say that this one was standard. Fairly traditional (unlike, say, Cirque du Soleil). They had the highwire act, the flying trapeze, the slapstick clowns, the gymnasts doing acrobatic flips, the jugglers, and a few animal acts. The setting was intimate, and we sat only 4 - 5 meters from the stage. So, it was nice in that respect. I thought the jugglers were impressive, as were the three dirt bikes zipping around in the spherical metal cage (see photo). But some things seemed like they were missing. The attached article speaks of lions and elephants, but we saw none of those. And there were no bears riding unsized unicycles - which no one promised, but would have been comical in a cruel kind of way.

Given one hours notice to see a circus, it exceeded my expectations on how my Sunday afternoon would have otherwise been spend. And at no cost at that!

Yay. I went to the circus.

By the way, this is my 500th post (including unpublished drafts).