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Crowded, Gloomy, and EXPENSIVE!!!
... Untied States in 1991. But no city was interested and neither were any of the other cities he tried to sell it to. Of course the Russians in Moscow have no interest in a monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus either, so they changed the head on the monument to that of Czar Peter the First and now it's called the Peter the Great Monument. They hate it so much they want to move it back to St. Petersburg where it came from ...
Out & about in the workers paradise
... before we have arrived. For desert we have Georgian baklava - it's OK, but I think the recipe lost something in getting over the Caucasus, as it is definitely a bit drier than your average Mediterranean variety.
After dinner the bus drops us back at the hotel. Tonght is our last night in Moscow, so when we get back into the lobby, we are led through the mantra by our tour guide: bags out by 7, check-out by 8:30, bus out by 9. The holiday part is ...
Cruising the Volga River
... to Moscow, we look both ways before stepping off the curb. There are only two cars in sight. One vehicle is an ancient Russian Lada and the other a mud covered European Ford. I saw one old Audi and not a single Mercedes or BMW all day. Ah, the quiet is intoxicating.
Unfortunately, there is also real poverty here. Several old women sold wild flowers they had picked. Others just begged. Two ladies in traditional costumes on the causeway ...
The Spirit of Moscow
... of three storey buildings and a non-descript steel door which leads to the Basillica Hostel. What redeems the street is the beautiful Russian Orthodox church next door to the hostel building - its walls are painted turquoise and white and it is topped with golden onion domes. We ring the buzzer and are let in through the steel door.
Hostel Impressions
The Reception - a girl sits at a computer in a cupboard sized office; she has a mobile clamped ...
Always check your entry documents
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