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From Russia with...bemusement
Well, I've arrived! The visa presented no problems, although I lost count of how many times multiple serious officials in over-the-top outfits checked it whilst on the train. I took the sleeper service from Helsinki, which was an interesting experience (my first time at mobile slumber), and when I wasn't asleep I learnt some Russian culture and …
From Russia with love.....
... up with emails we decided it was time to hit the streets and go sight-seeing. Ryan had said that he wanted to eat in the very first McDonalds in Russia where people used to queue outside in their hundreds to spend what was a fortune on a single McDonalds meal. So purely in the name of sight-seeing we popped to our nearest McDonalds to sample the local delights and funnily enough purely by chance it turned out to be ...
We get closer to God
... four-thirty.
The concierge has managed to get us a couple of tickets to the Russian National Dance Show, so we grab a quick change of clothes and hop on the tube. It is at a hotel which is a fair ways out of town - 3 stops on one line, 7 stops on the second. The trip on the Metro takes about 30-40 minutes, and we arrive early, so we check out the Exhibition Ground that is across the road. It is something right out of the 30s - huge pavilions, fountain, statues - the lot. ...
Treasures of the Tretyakov
... bus we get the pictures of the Bolshoi Ballet which have eluded us all day. It was after midnight when we reach the Rurik.
We leave Moscow tomorrow and a few observations are in order.
- The traffic in Moscow is insane and getting worse. Russians may be the worst drivers I’ve ever seen. They change lanes even when there is no room and seem surprised accidents result;
- Russian respect for national institutions, especially ...
Privet Russia!
... wildlife that I saw included hedge hogs,bats,flamingos,ducks,snakes,lizard s,swan,toads,and even a scorpion! Here in Moscow it feels like the winters in Wisconsin because the winters last from November to March. When I was in my car driving through the rural and urban parts of Moscow, I saw that most of the people that live in urban areas live in apartments, and rural families live in houses made of brick or ...
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