Hotel Milan Moscow

12 June: Set off for Milan from where we would catch our onward flight to Moscow. Our journey began first thing with a ferry down the lake to Peschiera, where we caught a train to Milan and then a bus to our hotel. Had a super meal in a little restaurant ...

... of the heels from concrete or cobblestone, you are sure to find a lovely Russian woman dressed to the nine.  Yes, Moscow might as well be Milan, or Paris.   Capitalism, like in the states, seems to have no boundaries.  A great example ...

... in the guide's explanation of why the Cathedral got its name. It was originally built to commemorate the miraculous deliverance of Moscow from Napoleon's Grand Army in 1812. That year there was a very hard and early frost, and Napoleon decided to turn ...

... its tributaries, the city of St. Petersburg is surrounded on all sides by water and the huge Gulf of Finland. Arriving to Moscow Station on Thursday morning (August 31, 2006) at around 8AM, my traveling companions and I were exhausted but excited to ...

... wars, the first was back in the 1800’s when it was Napolean against Austria/Russia.  Napolean won but when he got to Moscow 12 years later he thought it was too cold and he had 90% fewer soldiers than when he had started his march to ...

... are racist against catholics as I am and try to favourite orthodox believers. Infact the same day I knew a couple, father and son, from Moscow, orthodox, who told me that they had no problems at all to visit Agion Oros even if they had not booked before! ...

... ooze a strange combination of steadfast solidarity and sexual ambiguity. Afternoon has us riding the underground metro system, which, like Moscow's, is a delight. Built in 1960, it remains largely unchanged to this day with original carriages still in ...

... Right next to the train station was one of our old friends-- a concrete Stalin tower! These towers were all over Moscow, and you might remember that our hotel was even inside of one. We decided to check out the inside of this tower, which was half used ...

... I was invited by one of my roommates at John Cabot University in Rome to go out to dinner with two of her friends visiting from Moscow. I had known that it was going to be a interesting situation the moment that I saw her but had no idea that what I was ...