Month: October 2024

The sole purpose of stopping in Astrakhan was to stay for a couple of nights in the exotic little Shchuka (“pike”) hotel which has been built in the style of … Read more

Volgograd was known as Stalingrad until 1956 and when we came in 2018, it was very definitely known as Volgograd. Near the place we slept last night, there was a … Read more

The first town on the route is a sweet little place called Borisoglebsk, an ancient town named after Saints Boris and Gleb. I was able to change dollars for roubles … Read more

Driving down M5, we arrived at Tambov, where we planned to visit the VW garage for an oil change and to meet Igor and Andrei who helped us in 2018. … Read more

Despite my intricately detailed map of how to get out of Moscow, we got lost because of the flyovers and underpasses and I mistook motorway M3 for motorway M5. The … Read more

We spent most of the day on the Moscow metro touring seven of the early stations which were beautifully decorated. They were: Novoslobodskaya (1952), Kievskaya (1937), Arbatskaya (1935), Ploshchad Revolyutsii … Read more

We went to Red Square again, this time getting out at Teatralnaya Station which serves the Bolshoi Theatre. We bought a card which can be used on buses and the … Read more

We drove the last 30 miles into Moscow and found the “Moscow Holiday Hotel” quite easily. Its a very nice hotel with parking and a very friendly manager who changed … Read more

The aim today was to drive to Moscow in time to avoid the evening rush hour and book into a hotel. However we noticed a sign advertising a memorial to … Read more