I suppose I should say at first that I don’t like Moscow.
If you like to walk slowly in the evening along the embankment – it’s not your city.
If you are fond of small beautiful towns with ancient castles and buildings – it’s not your city too.
If you are a foreigner, and haven’t learnt russian, you’ll have a lot of problems: where to stay, how to pay, how to orientate and – the main thing – how to ask somebody about this!
If you are from St. Petersburg, it will be hard for you to move not straight but in a circle
If you are from other city you have to remember that Moscow is the capital of Russia.
If you drive a car it will be better for you to go on foot.
If you ask somebody about the location of Bolshoy Theatre, for example, don’t expect that you will get an answer even you are standing in front of it. In the best case you’ll hear something like “I’m seeking it too”.
If you arrive in the city by train don’t be afraid of the railway station but leave your hope that it will be better further. No, it wouldn’t. Welcome to our cruel world!
If you arrive in the airport you’ll probably get the center of the city by comfortable aeroexpress. But then you’ll find yourself at one of the railway stations.
But if you live in Moscow and if you were born in this city; if you are able to pronounce such words as “bulochnaya”, “prachechnaya” and so on in the right way; if you know how to find the Red Square and even where the Tretyakovskaya Gallery is; if you can walk faster than cars are moving along Tverskaya street, for example – then you are able to do impossible things: you can find some charm and delights in this noisy anxious city.
If you like to walk slowly in the evening along the embankment – it’s not your city.
If you are fond of small beautiful towns with ancient castles and buildings – it’s not your city too.
If you are a foreigner, and haven’t learnt russian, you’ll have a lot of problems: where to stay, how to pay, how to orientate and – the main thing – how to ask somebody about this!
If you are from St. Petersburg, it will be hard for you to move not straight but in a circle
If you are from other city you have to remember that Moscow is the capital of Russia.
If you drive a car it will be better for you to go on foot.
If you ask somebody about the location of Bolshoy Theatre, for example, don’t expect that you will get an answer even you are standing in front of it. In the best case you’ll hear something like “I’m seeking it too”.
If you arrive in the city by train don’t be afraid of the railway station but leave your hope that it will be better further. No, it wouldn’t. Welcome to our cruel world!
If you arrive in the airport you’ll probably get the center of the city by comfortable aeroexpress. But then you’ll find yourself at one of the railway stations.
But if you live in Moscow and if you were born in this city; if you are able to pronounce such words as “bulochnaya”, “prachechnaya” and so on in the right way; if you know how to find the Red Square and even where the Tretyakovskaya Gallery is; if you can walk faster than cars are moving along Tverskaya street, for example – then you are able to do impossible things: you can find some charm and delights in this noisy anxious city.