Moskva. Bottom line: my feet hurt. Yes, great metro and bus system, but stepping out of every metro station and glancing around would hardly give a traveller the right idea of the city. Thus, walking can’t be done without, and so, walk I did. Jan 1. And the decade begins. Streets quiet (except for the [...]
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Moscow: 10 million plus one in 2010 (Jan 1-4)
Posted: January 16, 2010 in Russia, Winter TravelTags: bad omens, Brad Pitt in Russian, Catholic church shopping, Church of Christ the Savior, food, friends, garish monuments, Georgian food, House on the Embankment, Izmailovskii market, Mondays, Moscow, museum, Peter the Great, phones, police, Russian champagne, shopping, Silent Night, Tretyakov, Tsereteli
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Holiday: It’s beginning to look at lot like New Year’s. . .
Posted: December 22, 2009 in Иркутск, Holidays & TraditionTags: Christmas, cold, consumerism, culture shock, friends, Irkutsk, New Years, Old New Years, Russian Christmas, shopping, Snow, Sovietism, tea, Uncle Frost
To properly describe my experience in the realm of the Russian “holiday season,” if such a concept actually exists as a period defined apart from the general conception of everyday life in this country, then I should go back to my Thanksgiving holiday here. Walking out of a delightful evening of intercultural dialogue (conversation over [...]
Week 8: Mongolia, Day 3
Posted: November 4, 2009 in Mongolia (Fall)Tags: Asia, black market, culture shock, currency rates, Ger-to-Ger, helpful people, Mongolia, shopping, Ulaan Baatar
Day 3 (Mon., Oct. 26): Dollarpower Dundundundun, dundundundunDUNdun–Downtown. Multiple people had recommended going to the black market in Ulaan Baatar, despite the long walk there and the so-called best pickpockets in the world that hang out waiting for unknowing tourists. Stopping at the post office along the way to pick up postcards with the famous [...]
