There will be 2 parts to our 5 Minute Guide to Moscow – making it a 10 minute guide to Moscow! That’s because there’s just too much to fit into one guide. So, enjoy part one with all the essentials, and keep your eye out for part two – coming soon! From the airport: You’ll […]
Russia
The Cost of Ham and Cottage Cheese
We all know about inflation. It’s a necessary evil. Well, I don’t know if it’s evil, but they tell us it’s necessary. It can be a problem. I don’t understand how the economy of a country, and the world, works. It’s too much to try to comprehend at my age. In Russia we also have […]
Moscow Taxi Stories
We got back to Moscow on the 6th January after a short New Year holiday in Germany. We had originally expected a long transfer wait of 5 hours in Warsaw. Due to some kind of delay, that blew out to more than 8 hours at Warsaw airport waiting for our plane to Moscow. Eventually it […]
New Year in Moscow
There are a lot of reasons to love New Year in Moscow. Here’s a lovely post (not mine) about some Russian New Year traditions. I was going to write about this myself, but I couldn’t possibly have done a better job than Yulia has done. So pop over to her blog and read about it there. […]
How to Eat Out Cheaply in Moscow
You probably think that Moscow is one of the most expensive cities in the world. And that’s possibly true, if you consider the price of real estate in the centre, or the cost of a meal in a 5 star restaurant, in relation to the average salary. Even going to an ‘expat bar’ can see […]