Trip to Russia – Part 1

And so, I’m taking a vacation to Russia. Not so much in the best of times, since I got projects to complete, but I guess I can cover it later on so it’s good.
My trip starts (Déjà vu?) with a breakfast including a cheese cake, as I’m a fan of cheeses and a cup o’ Cappuccino (Try saying it 10 times in a row) after which I have a plain to catch .

After the flight, our trip takes place in an electrical train (Not sure if it has another name though). This kind of train runs neither on gas, nor on steam nor on pedaling power, but on electricity. Do you have such kind of trains in your place of living?

These devices must touch the power cables in order to power the train up so it can travel. I must say this way of transportation is pretty quiet and pleasant to the person.

Inside the train it’s very clean and quiet as well. The ticket lady passes through the wagons to check if someone doesn’t have a ticket, if such a human found, he is being thrown out of the train as it goes (Maybe I kid, maybe I don’t )

For the first time in my life I got to see them trees called Birches. These trees seem to be present in most of Russian forests and that’s a lot of trees.

After a while, we arrive in the center of Moscow. Unlike my neck of the wood, this city is most industrial. Commercials, architecture, subway, tramway, you name it! By the way, the bus on the right runs also on electricity. It’s fed from the electrical wires that run through all of the city so no need in gas and that means – Cleaner & calmer way of transportation.

Russian cars are everywhere as well. Unlike The Diablo I failed to catch on camera due to it’s “beyond the speed of sound acceleration”, this car is called Jiguli and is more simple and popular since the older times of Russia. T’was fun to see one of those

Tis be a statue of one of the most famous if not the famous poets, singers and artists in Russia, Vladimir Wisotsky. The tea might have been named after him, but I’m not sure about that

And this is the movie theater Russia, named after… aw you know!..

Lunch was pretty good that day as Russian sweets are awesome! We had the pancakes at a certain place that we found. The place had great music, something like American 80’s style, designed in a modern fashion and had awesome food and ice cream…

Right near the theater is the statue of Alexander Sergeyivich Pushkin, who was a poet, and is considered to be the greatest poet of all times.

After a day or so, we went for a visit to the Moscow Kremlin.

The Moscow Kremlin is one of the biggest sight seeing in Russia. The Kremlin used to be the wall of Moscow a long time ago, but then the city got bigger and the Kremlin stayed inside the city.

And this be Lenin’s grave. Stalin used to be berried here as well, but then they decided nahhhh… and moved him to a farther location.

This be the main tower in Kremlin the clock tower, and the guy in the green shirt is someone who refused to leave the shot cause he liked the place so much…

And this place full of cash is where people used to lose their heads because the Tsar said so.

Afterwards there was a guards changing ceremony at which the new guards march to the posts raising their feet to 90 degrees angle and eventually switching with the old guard. From here it seems that the new guard from behind is kicking the other new guard’s butt (literally speaking), but I’m sure I’m wrong .

And this is Marshall Jukov who is considered to be the one who saved Moscow from the Germans. As it seems, he used the force against them…

I personally found the architecture of Moscow to be very beautiful, almost like the ladies in it…

And subway is fascinating as well! Be method of transportation ever. There’s even a timer hanging at the train tunnel that says how long would it take for the next train to arrive, and trains usually arrive at most every 3 minutes. If I had such method of transportation to my college I would have more tome to work at home

The Abrastsov theater is also an interesting sight seeing. There’s this clock on the theater wall that releases an animal every hour and at 12 o’clock all the animals come out. Still apparently the clock isn’t this well kept cause the animal were once making their animal noises and now they don’t and there also was music in the background and now there isn’t. Bummer, but still interesting to see

Biggest super market in Moscow, sells everything and anything that you would enjoy eating. Also designed not bad, now here’s an idea for a 3D project…

Dinner! (Finally, you must be thinking) Dinner was at a great place called Menza which is a Japanese restaurant. Apparently there are lots of Japanese restaurants in Moscow and they all make original and awesomely good food. Enjoyed every bite

The evening began with some Miso soup like it’s popular in Japan and continued with some Sushi, why not

Russian original method of rolling the Sushi is not making it in sea weed but covering it with Ikra (Caviar). Original and not bad at all

I found a good taste for Kvas in Moscow. It is a national Russian soda drink (that wants to compete with Pepsi?)

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The Moscow stadium…

The Moscow winter games tramplin, Ski jumpers jump from here as far as they can. Satellites probably can be launched from here too…

The Moscow university… My dad studied here

And this place is called the library of memory and contains records on people who died during the war. Folks can find info on their relatives here who did heroic deeds.

And just when we thought it couldn’t be hotter (Since of course it’s Russia, one of the hottest countries in the world) it began raining! Surprise…
That day we arrived home wet and everyday since we grabbed umbrellas when left home, but as you know, that means no rain!

Personally I like rain better than heat in the summer…

So, I believe that’s it for now until next time in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Finland & Norway… I’ll be visiting a lot of places, so stick around for some footage on great locations…

Cheers!