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    ElectroGirl 'you do it to yourself, you do...'

    Moscow was amazing. 9 months ago

    From the minute we arrived and had a crazy 3 hour taxi journey round the city with a guy who looked like he could be coming down off meths, to exploring the bars under the influence of absinthe with a crazy French guy and a New York fetish wrestler called Deb, I knew this city was something special.

    The hostel was warm and welcoming [HM Hostel if your interested] and the people were vast and varied.

    Travel on the metro is something to experience, and the stations themselves are a whole part of that.

    Fantastic food, Russian not so much, but Uzbekistan and Georgian ruled the day.

    And yes, I got to visit the Izmaylovo Market



    Very crowdy 9 months ago

    I celebrated this New Year in Moskow. It’s a good city to visit, but a terrible place to live in.



    ElectroGirl 'you do it to yourself, you do...'

    I got that email 9 months ago

    that tells me i have less than 24 hours until i go [and can check in online if i so wish]

    Holy shit im excited.

    Il be very disappointed if, while under the influence of vodka, I dont learn this dance



    ElectroGirl 'you do it to yourself, you do...'

    8 Days... 10 months ago

    With everything that’s been going on lately ive not really put much thought into the impending trip to Russia, i mean sure, its been there in the back of my mind. A internal countdown of sorts, ticking away the months, weeks, and now finally days…

    YES! DAYS….

    I have a grand total of 8 days to go!

    And what’s got me this excited, that every other sentence to my long suffering workmates is Russia related… The Izmaylovo Market

    I can’t wait to test out my bargaining skills on some matryoshka dolls or a piece of Soviet military history.



    ElectroGirl 'you do it to yourself, you do...'

    Two weeks today!!! 10 months ago

    Im completly ready thank god, miss leaveeverthingtothelastminute[yeah thats me], is actually ready for something two weeks early. Ok, well i still need to get travel insurance, but honestly, thats it ;)



    ElectroGirl 'you do it to yourself, you do...'

    Right, so far.. 12 months ago

    I have..

    - Hotel booked
    - Flights booked

    I can say ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘Thank You’ and ‘I dont understand’

    Will be sorting Visa at the end of the month.

    Im so excited :D

    Bring on September.



    Untitled 13 months ago

    We visited Moscow twice for our son’s adoption. I’d be glad to offer assistance to anyone else planning an extended trip there.



    Michael has to revise some goals

    Enchanting 15 months ago

    Had the opportunity to go in 2002. Wonderful experience, great people. Something about the place that is intriguing. Was with choir tour and saw more day to day life type stuff than one normally would. Would love to go back some day.



    FL_Cutie believes "every day above ground is a good day".

    Hate to say this, but... 15 months ago

    it was a scary place. Definitely worth the trip – an experience of a lifetime – but made me all the happier to live in the United States. The U.S. is by no means perfect, but I feel a heck of a lot safer here.

    We took a train from Moscow to Yalta and had to make a run for it and jump onto moving train – with luggage in tow – as Russian Mafia had paid the conductor to leave 15 minutes early in an effort to strong-arm and inconvenience us passengers. Crazy. Seriously, felt like I was in a Cold War movie.

    The Bolshoi Circus made me angry and I did not enjoy it at all – the animals were very mistreated during the show (I guess you could say at least they weren’t pretending to treat them well…).

    Red Square was beautiful at night. People were somewhat welcoming, but still very guarded toward us. The museums were incredible – and got to wear fun booties over my shoes so as not to scuff up the floors. Had the best McDonald’s apple pie ever in Moscow.

    Don’t go in February unless you like to freeze your butt off. Don’t mail anything you can’t live without. Still haven’t received the postcards I sent home in 1996 (yet we received the postcards I sent from Kenya and Zimbabwe in 1995). Hmmm… Definitely an experience to remember.



    Russian capital crowded, noisy, but worth one lengthly visit 22 months ago

    Nice place to visit, wouldn’t want to live there.



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