So, we left without sharing our final da svidanya to Moscow. As we had to check out of out hotel before noon, we had no further chance to update things. Instead we went back downtown and saw the old KGB headquarters building, walked along the moscow river across from the kremlin, ate at a posh cafe, visited the state university campus(with its stalinist skyscraper, the tallest building of educational purpose) before devoting some time to thoroughly visit the beau...

Second day in Moscow: the first good thing of the day was finally managing to get all our train tickets! So now we have our itinerary all set until Beijing: Kazan, Tomsk, Irkutsk and lake Baikal will be our stops. And now back to Moscow. The first stop was the Red Square again to see Lenin's mausoleum, and I really was NOT expecting to actually see his body there perfectly preserved in the coffin. After that we went to GUM, which looks nothing like the more authe...

Second day in Moscow: the first good thing of the day was finally managing to get all our train tickets! So now we have our itinerary all set until Beijing: Kazan, Tomsk, Irkutsk and lake Baikal will be our stops. And now back to Moscow. The first stop was the Red Square again to see Lenin's mausoleum, and I really was NOT expecting to actually see his body there perfectly preserved in the coffin. After that we went to GUM, which looks nothing like the more authe...

Finalmente salio el diablo Uma en el segundo dia entero en la capital Rusa. Despues de visitar al cuerpo todavia intacto de Lenin, salimos a dar una vuelta por la plaza de la revolucion, o la plaza roja. En frente mismo del mausoleo entramos al GUM, el antiguo centro comercial del estado, que ahora sera entre los centros comerciales mas lujosos del mundo. Despues de un almuerzo Georgiano a lo Disney, pasamos por el viejo Arbat, la antigua calle de peatones de la ...

Per quanto delirante e caotica, la caccia ai biglietti e' stata anche divertente. E dall'esperienza di oggi ho concluso che ci sono due tipi di russi: il russo incazzoso, e il russo gentile. Il russo incazzoso si irrita alla sola vista del turista e risponde con un secco NO! alla richiesta di parlare inglese. Risponde e chiede solo in russo, si rifiuta di gesticolare, o scrivere le informazioni in questione. Il russo gentile invece trova il modo di comunicare anc...