5/5 Elizabeth M. 4 years ago on Google
My
first
excursion
and
the
best
I
have
experienced
was
in
Moscow,
Russia!
What
a
memorable
day
we
had.
I
had
visited
Moscow
for
the
first
time
and
my
trip
was
short.
I
must
say,
within
that
short
space
of
time,
we
explored
Moscow
all
day
with
our
tour
guide,
Valentina.
Our
quest
began
at
the
Pushkin
Square,
it
was
a
rainy
and
windy
for
almost
half
the
day
though,
but
we
managed
to
see
so
much
with
the
courageous
and
motivated
young
lady,
Valentina
who
journeyed
with
us
all
day.
Soon
after,
we
swinged
by
the
McDonalds
cafe,
the
very
first
in
Moscow.
Nearby
was
the
Gastronomia
Eliseevsky,
in
which
we
were
shown
the
"suggestion
box"
that
people
anonymously
used
to
let
their
views
known
in
the
hay-days.
I
reminisce
saying
my
first
Russian
sentence
to
enter
the
anti-cafe,
Ziferblat-Clockface,
with
help
from
Valentina,
a
place
where
you
pay
for
time,
not
for
food.
I
even
played
the
piano
there,
as
I
have
so
much
love
for
music!
It
was
a
very
awesome
moment
along
with
my
son
and
the
other
tourist
in
our
cohort
from
Singapore.
Along
the
way,
down
Tverskaya
street,
we
saw
the
Central
Telegraph
building,
the
actual
center
of
Moscow.
We
emerged
out
towards
the
Kremlin
area
and
visited
the
GUM,
a
must
visit
Mall,
where
we
had
ice
cream.
We
went
closer
to
the
Kremil
side
and
took
pictures
there
as
Valentina
went
into
the
details
enlightening
us
on
the
history
behind
the
constructions
and
meanings
behind.
As
if
that
was
not
enough,
the
Moscow
Metro
was
next
to
explore.
I
must
say,
I
had
never
seen
so
many
chandeliers
in
all
Metros
I
have
come
across
in
my
lifetime!
In
short,
we
visited
Ploshad
Revolutsii
(Revolution
square
with
sculptures
and
different
legends,
deep
blue
line),
Teatralnaya
(green
line),
Mayakovskaya
(MY
FAVOURITE!
located
in
the
green
line,
where
we
played
game
with
a
coin
and
whispering
game),
two
Belorusskaya
stations
(one
is
on
the
green
line,
another
circle
line),
Komsomolskaya
(with
mosaics
on
the
ceiling,
circle
line),
Novoslobodskaya
(with
stain
glass,
circle
line),
Mendeleevskaya
(dedicated
to
a
famous
Russian
scientist,
who
created
table
periodic
table
of
elements
and
vodka,
grey
line).
There
was
so
much
detail
that
even
eyes
can't
fathom!
Our
last
station
was
Tulskaya,
located
in
the
green
line,
where
we
went
to
the
Danilovskiy
market
to
try
out
some
Russian
typical
cuisines.
There
we
tried
some
pickled
ramps,
spiked
with
garlic;
garlic
-
in
beetroot
juice,
lard
or
salo
as
in
Russian
(salted
and
smoked),
red
and
black
caviar.
We
tried
kvas,
a
fermented
bread
drink.
We
also
tasted
different
types
of
honey.
Lastly,
we
had
borsh
(Russian
traditional
soup),
dumplings
(in
Russian
pelmeni),
Dagestan
traditional
food
chuda
with
herbs
and
pumpkin,
black
cherries
and
strawberry,
plus
some
honey
beer.
The
trip
would
not
have
been
a
success
had
we
not
have
had
the
best
tour
guide,
Valentina,
who
is
amazingly
fluent
in
English,
fueled
with
a
rich
historical
knowledge
to
help
those
in
our
infancy
on
Russian
history
-
to
catch
up
in
this
short
quest
we
had!
I
highly
recommend
having
such
an
amazing
tour
around
the
capital
to
anyone
thinking
or
planning
to
visit
Russia.
A
million
thank
you
Valentina!
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