Hotel Izmailovo

... look of him, I was depriving him from a night of heavy vodka drinking and fighting. I was staying at the Izmailovo Vega. The Izmailovo hotel chain was built to house the athletes during the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Fortunately, the hotel was in much better ...

... . Bah. Russians need to smile more damn it, it's strange. So, bartered for the taxi rather than dealing with train/metro to the hotel. Then the taxi driver asks if I want traffic(highway) or quick route. I just tell him quick route and he ...

... were, "Do you want a russian girl tonight? I can get you one right now" I kind of laughed and politely declined. I thought this hotel was a bit better then that. I won’t be back if they got those kind of monkeys in the lobby lingering. It was a bit ...

... largest cathedral in Russia.   By late afternoon our van made its way through start and stop traffic to bring us to our hotel.  It was a tall monolithic building on the outside and like a dorm room on the inside but all I could think of was ...

... and a couple of near misses before he got back up there again. After getting off the train we were transferred to our hotel which was in the Olympic village from the 1980 games, it consists of enormous Vegas style hotels. After sitting around for 30 ...

... song which lulled us into a false sense of serenity, 10 hours later we arrived in the Russian capital. A relatively simple trip to the hotel led us to relax for a few hours and then head into Moscow to visit Red Square and St Basils Cathedral. This ornate ...

Very dead day today in Moscow. I stayed in my hotel and wandered about for food. I wasn't much in the mood to play tourist though so I didn’t. Enjoyed some reconnection time back home and sorting out what to do in Irkutsk. Also packed a bit since ...

... until September either. Oh well. Lunch was standard russian food of which I’m not really a fan. Paul then headed back to his hotel for his train to Warsaw and I wandered a bit more. I found the Boeing Design Center building, but when I tried to ...

... and then shopped for a while. Found a bunch of movies with Russian and english audio, so figured I'd try em out to help learn some more. I then had a treat of some McDonalds and got some night time photos. Finally wandered back to my hotel. Sleepy ...

... well Gary's already moved in basically). So I started searching for a laundromat, but only found one in the whole damn city. I could've let the hotel do it, but for ~$70, whats the fun in that. So, I figured out how tod o it in the tub and now have ...

... in Moscow early in the morning with little sleep. No time for sleep though as we were bundled into a bus and taken to the hotel for a quick shower and breakfast. Then it was off to explore space... Russian styles at Space City - Russia's space training ...

... ; The road trip took 45 minutes, and there were many cars and people around at 8pm on a Friday night. Arriving at the hotel, I was all excited, it is a tall building and gleamed with colourful lights and surroundings that came across it was a glamerous ...

... It was not the most comfortable nights sleep and I am glad we haven’t done any other overnight trains. We made it to our hotel with barely 4 hours sleep under our belt and luckily our rooms were ready so we were able to sleep another 3 hours before ...

... with a population of 11 million. The sense of history is monumental. We were there for 10 days in the amazing Izmailov hotel, and visited many tasty restaurants as well as the sites. Red Square is gorgeous! St. Basil's Cathedral is opposite a gorgeous ...