On the go...

My main mode of transport is my dear feet.

Unfortunately, they are not in such pretty shoes, but rather very ordinary ones.

With them, I trot through the city for miles, back and forth, up and down. They cost nothing and don't complain, an absolutely comfortable means of transportation. And because it's slow, I see a lot.

But there are faster options, for example:

Can you read where it goes? Exactly. I can't either. That's a marshrutka, a mini-bus, with which you could go anywhere if you could read. So you have to ask, but the drivers often can't speak English. That's why I gave up on the marshrutkas, too much of a hassle.

I really like the metro with its extremely fast, long and steep escalators. You stand on them for a whole 2 minutes to go from top to bottom or vice versa. The metro is very fast and runs frequently, the network is easy to understand and the prices are more than reasonable: one ride costs less than 20 cents.

I also took the bus, but not as often. The bus network is extensive and not as easy to grasp as the metro. You have to know where you want to go and what the station is called. That's where the difficulties start...but the lines are often displayed in English as well. I even got caught in a ticket inspection and was really proud that I had one to show!

I only took a taxi once to get to the remote open-air museum. With taxis, you always have to negotiate the price in advance and I found that too much of a hassle.