{"id":110,"date":"2016-10-10T06:36:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T06:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenomadicyear.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2017-02-25T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T07:26:59","slug":"hello-white-mother-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenomadicyear.com\/blog\/hello-white-mother-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, white Mother Russia!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even though it was very cloudy and there was a thick blanket of fog, the descending & landing were quite smooth and without delay.
\nHello Mother Russia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first I thought it was snowing, but it’s actually just a thin sleet. Even so, the sky is milky white and temperatures are close to zero, so it may as well snow.<\/p>\n

I blindly set off to get to the city using public transportation, and then take a walk up to my accommodation. And, after 5 short \u00a0hours later and over 34 km, I arrived at People Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0accommodation is adjacent to New Arbat Avenue, which is this awesome main street in Moscow, with tons of pubs, restaurants & lots of\u00a0shinny things:<\/p>\n

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Here’s a mini-market in Moscow. Placed in a fucking museum. Why? Because… Russia. And because it’s awesome:<\/p>\n

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Check out the photos in the gallery!<\/p>\n

It’s been almost 3 days now. Still\u00a0no trace of sun. But the city of Moscow is amazing. I loved it.<\/p>\n

Most Russians do not speak English very well (or at all), but they’ll compensate with their kindness and\u00a0mimicry skills. For example, after asking some girl directions to a metro station, she got off the bus with me and she walked\u00a0me to it.<\/p>\n

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Even though it was very cloudy and there was a thick blanket of fog, the descending & landing were quite smooth and without delay. Hello Mother Russia! At first I thought it was snowing, but it’s actually just a thin sleet. Even so, the sky is milky white and temperatures are close to zero, so<\/p>\n

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