Bidding Moscow Another Farrewell
I'm sitting in the Swiss Air lounge at DMO waiting for my flight to Zurich connecting home to the USA.
Strav is absolutely correct when he says that you have to "dig a little deeper and work a little harder" if you want something more than expensive P4P. I just completed 8 days in Samara and another 8 in Moscow after literally hundreds of hours of pre-trip contact with my girls. It isn't easy but it can be very rewarding.
Moscow was a bit of a bust this trip but there were some new openings and some good prospects for the future. Samara was certainly a different experience and opened up some new possibilities.
As has been emphasized again and again by our esteemed friends here, if you want to enter the parallel universe that is hiding in Russia, learn some Russian, learn some Russian, learn some Russian.
Full reports to follow with pictures.)))
Thanks guys for your tips and info
It seems like I'll be spending the whole time in the airport area (BTW is the SVO) , it's just too much trouble to get in the city for such short time. I'll try to get back here next summer.
Strav, I'll promise to say hello to Eddie, if I find him.
Best Regards
R.
[QUOTE=Jake993; 1495247]Strav is right. Without a visa, you will not be permitted to leave the airport. HOWEVER, there has been a proposed amendment before the State Duma which proposes that "in transit" travelers be permitted to remain in Moscow for up to 3 days WITHOUT a visa! Unfortunately Razor, this will be of no use to you this time. Which airport are you going through? DME, SVO, or VNK? DME allows you to wander the airport and does not restrict you to the transit area anymore. It also has a few decent restaurants and an Irish Pub on the ground level. The problem is going to be paying for anything unless you have Rubles. There SHOULD be a currency exchange you can have access to plus there are several duty free stores you can visit. They all will take credit cards. The other two I am not so familiar with the transit arrangements. As far as monger action goes, your options are "zilch" unless you can get lucky with a fellow traveler in the bathroom. Sorry dude.
BTW. Eddie has been gone from SVO for a while now. He has been spotted around town here and there but has made himself pretty scarce in someone's dacha.[/QUOTE]