We decided to get out of Moscow for a few days and looked online for a good dacha (country house) to rent. We found a decently priced modern dacha with its own banya (sauna)…
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After a night of heavy drinking and other associated activities I was in need of a café latte and a warm baked snack of some description. I was riding on the metro and was…
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Our time in Russia had once again drawn to a close. We made our way to Leningradsky Vokzal which, built in 1851, is the oldest railway station in Moscow. Inside the station we found…
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I had woken up at a friend’s apartment somewhere north of Moscow. We had been up late drinking and playing pool at a quiet venue not far from his apartment. He had somehow scored…
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Opened in 1935 the famous Moscow Metro is the busiest metro system outside of Asia with almost 200 stations and over 6.5 million riders each day. In rush hour a train will arrive every…
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We had just landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. It was December 2014 and the Russian economy was collapsing. The flight over had been comfortable as the plane was only a quarter full. For various…
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After a heavy night of drinking The Dutchman and I walked into a café near our apartment for some refreshments. We were on our way to check out some mass demonstrations that were occurring…
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The Dutchman and I were building a snowman on a frozen lake near our apartment and drinking a cheap bottle of vodka when we got talking about a market he had recently heard about.…
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The Dutchman and I wanted to check out an abandoned hospital on the outskirts of Moscow. We had been watching Ross Kemp’s gangs documentary and had seen him investigating this ultra-nationalist group who used…
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My neighbour in the dorms was a tall Dutchman who spoke Russian well, he claimed to be a geologist with a Masters degree from the University of Amsterdam. Why he was in Moscow I…
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While drinking in the John Bull Pub in Moscow I heard an English accent and got talking to a fellow who claimed to be a British paratrooper on leave. He wasn’t the usual type…
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I wandered around the city aimlessly, confused and unsure of where I was going or what I would find. It was more of a hobble than a walk, as I was quite prone to overeating…