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Looks like I will be travelling to Moscow for a meeting, be there for possibly a day later this month on my own, and a few days in May with several colleagues/friends. Can't imagine there will be loads of time off, but any advice, things to do avoid ... places to eat/drink etc. I am quite used to travelling, but Moscow is a first.
The Kremlin is quite magnificent, and not the sinister looking place of reputation. Obviously Red Square is a must. GUM very overrated. Lots of expensive Western merchandize. The best resto I ate in was Pushkin. Very expensive but beautiful and excellent food.
Watch for taxis - very unrelable and they will rip you off. Take the subway and stop at the imcredible stations. Most elaborate in the world.
Walk the Arbat and keep your wallet close. Lots of pickpockets.
Watch for taxis - very unrelable and they will rip you off. Take the subway and stop at the imcredible stations. Most elaborate in the world.
Walk the Arbat and keep your wallet close. Lots of pickpockets.
Remarkable Underground system. Cheap, Rapid,Frequent, stations are amazing (See pics from earlier)
THE most difficult city to navigate around I've been to (Never been to Tokyo mind)
The problem I found was that there is absolutely no English translations at all in the underground. The signs are entirely in cyrillic script and like our own there are lower/higher case and very different fonts so you cannot decipher them. Every station is an architectural masterpiece but they all look identical, all have identical platforms that could go in either direction and the name of station is signposted only in huge letters (Cyrillic of course) on the wall opposite the platform.The problem with that being that you can't see that from inside the train! The driver announces the name of the station as you come into it which is bugger all use to an English speaker, its not like "Compare the Meerkats"
The method is to work out how many stops and count carefully. thats fine unless you get talking and lose track.Then trying to work out where you are and which way is which is a pain in the bum.
Its a majestic city on a scale similar to London or Paris but there's nothing like the infrastructure of restaurants and bars that a modern large western city would have.
THE most difficult city to navigate around I've been to (Never been to Tokyo mind)
The problem I found was that there is absolutely no English translations at all in the underground. The signs are entirely in cyrillic script and like our own there are lower/higher case and very different fonts so you cannot decipher them. Every station is an architectural masterpiece but they all look identical, all have identical platforms that could go in either direction and the name of station is signposted only in huge letters (Cyrillic of course) on the wall opposite the platform.The problem with that being that you can't see that from inside the train! The driver announces the name of the station as you come into it which is bugger all use to an English speaker, its not like "Compare the Meerkats"
The method is to work out how many stops and count carefully. thats fine unless you get talking and lose track.Then trying to work out where you are and which way is which is a pain in the bum.Its a majestic city on a scale similar to London or Paris but there's nothing like the infrastructure of restaurants and bars that a modern large western city would have.
Have a look here, lots of random pics inc red sq, st basils, a few metro pics, molly gwynns photos etc:
http://public.fotki.com/davida4321/random-russia-p...
http://public.fotki.com/davida4321/random-russia-p...
Use the underground , but heres a tip , get a Russian version of the metro map , not an english translated version they often have in Hotels,
because as posted the letters will be cyrillic which you can compare on the Russian version with the map and it makes sense , you will be lost with a translated version !!
If you want an English pint visit John bulls , next to Solemskya tube station ......its pricy mind ,
If you want a really good restaurant , visit 1000 nights its on a boat on the river
or for clubs
http://www.waytorussia.net/moscow/club/night-fligh...
mate spanked 5,000euros in a week visiting the fleshpots of Moscow .......he had a good time mind
because as posted the letters will be cyrillic which you can compare on the Russian version with the map and it makes sense , you will be lost with a translated version !!
If you want an English pint visit John bulls , next to Solemskya tube station ......its pricy mind ,
If you want a really good restaurant , visit 1000 nights its on a boat on the river
or for clubs
http://www.waytorussia.net/moscow/club/night-fligh...
mate spanked 5,000euros in a week visiting the fleshpots of Moscow .......he had a good time mind
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