Hotel Izmailovo Alfa
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Last morning, at the Alfa Hotel
I'm in the lobby of the Alfa Hotel and Casino, sending one last entry from Russia. My next will either be from home in Seattle, or from LAX. Us Internet users are sequestered along the wall, with our backs to the crowd and our computers under glass in case we feel the urge to make off with them. Most things are tied down here, or safely behind …
A day to Explore Moscow
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I have finally made it to Moscow. A real shower, a king size bed, Aaah bliss after three days on the train. Today, big plans to explore the Kremlin, Red Square, Arbat district... Very excited.
And so my day began, a hearty breakfast in the hotel restaurant. This was an odd experience in itself. The restaurant is located on the first floor, on the same level as the conference facilities. As I step out of the ...
A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma
... Metro system. We were taken to several underground stations, each one designed in a different style and at different decades. Again, we were given a thorough history lesson about each station, how and why they were designed the way they were, the symbolism that went with them and how they had changed following the de-Stalinisation of Russia.
Some of the metro stations were damn impressive pieces of architecture and design and the ...
From Russia with Love
... at 9:30 am we finished up around 3 am. Lenin's tomb and a cold war bunker are visited in the morning, as well as some of the more interestingly decorated metro stations. The Moscow metro carries approximately 9 million passangers every day and I ask Victoria has she ever lost anyone. She replies no my system works pretty well. We all get off when she indicates, let 1 train go while looking around and then all meet at an end, to get on the following train. There is a ...
Moscow: "What it's like to travel when you're ___"
... s became difficult at times. eating meals together necessitated someone feeling hungry longer than necessary as they waited for the other to become hungry enough to eat (something I forced on James that first dinner.) Additionally, walking fast or slow when one is energetic or tired is something we take for granted when alone, but finding a comfortable pace for both is difficult, especially when one is ill - I often found myself pushing more than I wanted, or feeling bad that I was ...
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