First Moscow Visit – Part 3: Quiet reflections

We are on the flight on the way home now and I am enjoying a beer, and listening to last weeks TWIT podcast quietly reflecting on our brief Moscow experience. Well after our meal last night it is clear that the people are very friendly, and being in the city has affected us in such a way that we really need the visa issues to be sorted out and to get back to Moscow as soon as possible.

Our last night in Moscow was spent with Lou’s new subordinate Andrey and his wife, we had a fantastic meal in a vegetarian restaurant called Avocado, going to a vegetarian restaurant was not first on my list of places to eat anywhere, much less in Moscow, however the food was amazing. It did actually snow lightly last night, which made for a very picturesque evening around an edge of the Kremlin and Tverskaya Street.  We left the restaurant, and after a short trip on the metro we went to a bas for an hour or two which was fun, and enjoyed talking to Andrey and his wife despite me having a very sore throat (making my English more difficult to grasp, even for my wife!).

Today we went for a walk up Tverskyaya again, but first walked past the changing of the guard at the eternal flame:-

Walking around was interesting with the ice under the snow, we had breakfast in a cafe and chatted about the flats we preferred and I think we have it down to one in Patriarchs Pond and another near to the Zoo. I guess the deciding factor will be availability when we move, and how long we can move for initially.

One thing is for sure,  we both love the city, and the thought of living in the UK for any length of time now holds little, if no appeal.

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