Tourist Hotel Moscow

... seatbelts in cars... And if you press the "call" button at an elevator bank, a little computer somewhere figures out which one is going to get to you first and makes that one stop at your floor. You don't have to press all the buttons on the elevator bank and call all the elevators to make sure you don't have to wait forever... And I take for granted that bread doesn't have to be rock hard all the time...<br>

... to if we get time. So much to see!!! Oh, we also went to Gum Dept store... the only store in Russia during Communist times, Beautiful, ornate building,<br><br>So, to top the day off... (as if we hadn't done enough) we got to see the famous Moscow Circus. Costumes were amazing and the pepple based acts were absolutely brilliant.... acrobats, jugglers, trapeze, high wire.... doing absolutely amazing feats with little or no ...

... avant pendant et apres le repas. Au lit apres 2 heures passees a table, leve 10h le vendredi et pti dej a la russe avec Mirko le chaud du ghetto. Jambon, pain chaud, concombres, tomates, creme fraiche, kefir, peche, fraise, pizza au fromage etc. Puis debut des recherches des billets (une heure de coup de fil et recherche internet, le tout orchec\stre par Mirko). Nous traversons finale;ent la ville en voitut\re pour acheter des billets dans une boutique eloignee du ...

... aiheuttamatta ongelmia. Tossa paivalla kaytiin vesisateessa vahan kavelemassa ulkona, tai siis etsittiin lahinna ruokapaikkaa. Loydettiinkin ja pitaa kyl sanoo etta on taalla kylla melko kallista.. No, onneks ei olla ku yks yo. Kohta koitetaan lahtee punaiselle torille pyorimaan ja ihmettelemaan ja illalla on cs-miitinki etta ohjelmaa riittaa. huomennaki viela ehtii vahan kaupunkia kattella, juna lahtee neljan kieppeilla eteenpain. ollaan sitten kaks ja puol paivaa seuraavalla ...

... in a more modern vein. The Belorussian station has granite floors in a pattern that is like the traditional embroidery they do in Belorusse. The walls have vignettes of rural life. Kiev is the capital of the Ukraine, and the Kiev station has pictures of life in the Ukraine. Revolutionary Square has 80 bronze statues of all aspects of Russian life, from little kids to military figures. We went upstairs to Theater Square with the ...

... fast and a person on the road does not count as an obstacle. Even where there is a marked crossing with the zebra stripes on the road, no car will ever stop and give way to pedestrians. Sometimes you just have to wait for other people wanting to cross because the more you are the less likely it is that a car hits you. Then there are the crossings with traffic lights. Even there, a person doesn't mean much - cars turning onto the street you are crossing never give way until they are ...

From St. Petersburg, we took an overnight train to Moscow. Walking to our train seemed kind of like a time machine. The only other time I've been on trains are the regional trains in Denmark or the TGV, both of which are very nice. These trains just looked very very old, and maybe a bit rickety. Inside, everything was squished. With four people to a room, it was a hard time figuring out where to put the luggage and I got stuck on one of the bunks. It ...

... to help the locals. . learn to like beer - it's the cheapest drink around ($2 for a big bottle), learn to smoke (50cents a packet so it must be good for you) and learn to eat up big (their servings are generous). But most important of all, learn to be patient. Things don't happen quite so quickly and as efficiently as back home, but hey, that's what travel is all about. We have still found ...

... the ground into the bog it was before the previous winter came. The trains are great. Some say dirty and not at all comfortable. Well me, I'm not accustomed to first or even second class travel. I've slept on trains amongst those whom spat and snorted on the ground below your bed or seat. In comparison, the Mongolian and Siberian really are VERY CLEAN! The Siberian was vacuumed twice a day, the toilets cleaned the same. A food cart rolled on by a few times a day. At some stops you ...