Svalka Thrift Shop: Reduce, Reuse, Have a Concert?
I was invited to a local thrift shop called Svalka Thrift shop concert. When invited to attend a concert at a local store, ...
Time flies, and before you know it is time to leave the melting pot and go back home. I do not have many homes away from home, but Moscow surely makes it on the list. It has ...
Another episode of my Russian vegetarian journey led me to Fresh Restaurant!
My friends and I were headed to Fresh on Bolshaya Dmitrovka, near the city center. There are ...
Known until only recently as The All-Russian Exhibition Centre and now by its original name, VDNKh (ВДНХ), this really is the perfect place to engage with exhibitions on a ...
Flicking through my Moscow guidebook last month, I was pleased to be reminded that Moscow has its very own White House. Moscow’s Белый Дом is a governmental building and is ...
In Russian: "Я глуяю в парке"
One of my favourite things to do is walk around a city park. Here you are able to watch how people and nature interact. Visitors are exposed ...
For some reason, few visitors to Moscow seem to know about the Ismailovo Kremlin. The word ‘Kremlin’ for most brings to mind the imposing and infamous scarlet ...
Just a stone’s throw from Paveletsky Station is the Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum (Государственный центральный театральный музей имени А. А. Бахрушина). Named for ...
On the 10th September a new line opened on the Moscow Metro circuit: the Moscow Central Circle, or MCC (Московское центральное кольцо, МЦК). The new route, drawn on my handy ...
My list of things I want to do and see in Moscow before I leave seems to be ever-growing. Every time I tick something off my Moscow bucket list, I discover something else ...
Moscow at night is a sight to behold: if there’s one thing Muscovites get right it’s ethereal uplighting and twinkly electric stars. I challenge you to stand on Red Square ...
If it’s possible, I believe everyone I have ever met asked me this question as I prepared for my journey. My commitment to vegetarianism was questioned so many times that I ...
