http://www.moscow-blog.com Daily thoughts and observations of a German living in Moscow/Russia. Mon, 11 May 2009 13:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, I'm on the CNN website. They wanted to have a foreigners view on Moscow. I've said some bad things about the city as well, but when shortening the article they must have cut them out. Well, better than the usual Russia bashing in the foreign media. Anyway, read yourself (on ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/05/11/chris-on-cnn/ In case you are wondering why the ground is suddenly shaking from tanks driving by, or you are alerted to jet noise over the city, which is usually a no-fly zone. Its the time of the year again. The annual 9th of may victory parade is near and the military ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/05/06/9th-may-victory-parade-rehearsals/ On my way to work from the metro station to the office (its a 10 min walk) I counted 18 Landrovers and 6 Cayenne and 4 Mercedes GT Jeeps. Sorry, I stopped counting other models, but obviously these are among the favorite models of the Russian elite. Here is a ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/04/24/too-many-porsche-cayennes/ Some (Northern) Moscovites are greeting the world with the Russian f-word: хуй. It actually means penis. I am not sure this is in the fly-in path of Sheremetyevo (not far away from it) or for Google & Yahoo maps, which have certainly picked it up (see picture of Yahoo Maps ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/03/02/russian-f-word-on-google-yahoo-maps/ People wait about 20 min at this turn near Kremlin until some cop is switching the light to green. After a while they start honking to make give the cop a little stress and to let him know that he is taking his time too long already. This is happening ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/02/28/moscow-traffic-jam/ 55.74783998322034 37.61220932006836 I think I have written about this subject a few years ago, but now I am in Russia for even longer and its time to give my 5 cents about vodka and how to drink vodka with Russians or friends. First of all, get to know your enemy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka Read and find ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/02/25/how-to-drink-vodka/ Sorry, our server broke down. It was probably a broken hard drive. I am just moving all of our sites to a new server. This blog should work now. Please send us a message, if you find any broken links or pages. http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/02/07/server-offline/ [singlepic id=487 w=500 h=375 float=] Uff, what a Winter. 0 C snow/rain for weeks now. We can feel global warming over here as well. This is my 6th Winter in Moscow. Last one was pretty mild already and this one started out fine with normal temperatures of -15 C, but for ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/01/27/highheels-and-ice-rain/ Yes yes, I know. I wrote that a few times before and Garage seems to be like a cockroach staying alive long after you slapped it. Anyway, last Sunday Garage had another "closing" party. Apparently it has a new owner and he decided to close Garage and do something different ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/01/20/garage-is-finally-closed/ Wow! I'm impressed. Just found this really cool tool and from the looks of it, its from the official Moscow Metro authorities. Its a flash based map, which allows you to plan a trip. Its looking for the fastest way and calculating the time you need from A to B. ... http://www.moscow-blog.com/2009/01/17/moscow-metro-map-with-route-planning-and-time-calculation/