Moscow

Best travel reports from Moscow

Willst du in die Zukunft sehen, geh in die Hauptstadt. (Christoph Mauny)

And so we traveled to Moscow. The first train ride, there will be many more, was very surprising. The train was punctual, clean, fast (almost constantly over 200km/h), and...

The Arrival

There he was... November 2nd... Suddenly and unexpectedly 😜You wait for half a year and boom, it's time.. It said.. Off on vacation.. Start was 9.30am in Dresden and we went by...

Exaggeration helps understanding. (Vladimir Lenin)

Lenin whispered that to me today in front of the 'State Library of the USSR Lenin', which is one of the largest libraries in the world. In the meantime, Vero has been...

St. Petersburg and Moscow

While St. Petersburg appears young, hip, and relaxed, Moscow is noticeably more hectic and competitive.

Moskau - Москва

Moskau - Tag 1-5 - 15.07.-19.07.2019

3303 km, 50 hours, 1 compartment, 1 toilet, 54 people, 27 degrees

The Trans-Siberian Railway - the first section After a splendid last evening at the historical and elegant Café Pushkin, today was my last day in the capital city. While passing...

Kak dela? (how are you?)

After another 2700 driven kilometers and a small problem at the boarder of Latvia we now arrived in Kazakhstan. (Just for information: car passport = green card = car license =...

870 years of Moscow

Moscow, 10.09.2017 As always, we arrive in Moscow in the evening. And immediately we are overwhelmed by the crazy traffic. We have a hostel in the city center and try to find a...

Moscou

Moscou est de toutes les façons possibles non seulement la capitale de la Russie, mais aussi une ville mondiale avec tous ses avantages et ses petits désagréments. Désagréments...

2nd stop - Moscow

To get straight to the point, personally, I liked Moscow better than St. Petersburg. Everything seemed a bit more orderly, tidier, and more accessible than before. Even the...

Moscow, Moscow

Four days in Moscow and we still haven't gotten used to the cold. But we have seen the Kremlin, the Basil Cathedral, the university, and the Olympic Stadium. And of course much...

Words are like leaves - where they are abundant, one rarely finds fruit underneath. (Alexander Pope)

Okay, so in short: Weather: Very hot, very sunny. After breakfast, Free Walking Tour. Then, after over an hour of waiting, Armory Chamber. Then, eating at a kind of...

14th/15th August 2019: Moscow, Moscow

With a stopover in Vladimir, we went to Moscow yesterday. In terms of distance, it's not far (about 400km), but the traffic situation in Moscow was announced as unpredictable....

Moscow... where it all began

Before embarking on my big journey, I spent a few days in Moscow with the amazing Настя. Thanks to her, I was able to discover Moscow from a different (very personal and family)...

Again Moscow?

Yes, I flew back to Moscow. Why? Well, my original intention was to travel Mongolia and South Korea after Russia. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, conditions to...