I left St Petersburg at 1am and got to Moscow at 9am. Third class was fine for a short journey but it is a bit cramped. There is no privacy either as the carriage does not have any compartments, just bunks everywhere. I couldn't take a photo as I was late getting there so the carriage was fully by the time I arrived. No one around me spoke English and as it was 1am most people were just went to sleep.
Once I arrived in Moscow I went to the Metro station. This time around I made sure I knew what metro stop I needed to get to and also had directions to get to the hostel. Once again it was rush hour when I arrived. I had to change metros and accidently took the wrong escalator which meant I was forced to leave the metro station. It was all one-way so I couldn't go back down and had to by another ticket.
At the hostel I met Martin from Sweden who I was leaving St Petersburg the day that I arrived there. I walked with him to red square where I had arranged to meet Kseniya, a Russian student that I met at the hostel in St Petersburg. Moscow was much colder than St Petersburg and soon after arriving at red square it started snowing and continued to do so for the rest of the day.
Snow in Moscow
I had heard that Moscow was very expensive and it is always ranked as one of the most expensive cities in the world. A coffee in a one of the Russian coffee shops costs at least €5 and a coffee in Starbucks or similar is even more expensive.
Moscow can be difficult enough to get around especially as signs and street names are in cyrillic. Even the locals get lost...
We're lost...
Once I arrived in Moscow I went to the Metro station. This time around I made sure I knew what metro stop I needed to get to and also had directions to get to the hostel. Once again it was rush hour when I arrived. I had to change metros and accidently took the wrong escalator which meant I was forced to leave the metro station. It was all one-way so I couldn't go back down and had to by another ticket.
The Metro in Moscow
At the hostel I met Martin from Sweden who I was leaving St Petersburg the day that I arrived there. I walked with him to red square where I had arranged to meet Kseniya, a Russian student that I met at the hostel in St Petersburg. Moscow was much colder than St Petersburg and soon after arriving at red square it started snowing and continued to do so for the rest of the day.
Snow in Moscow
I had heard that Moscow was very expensive and it is always ranked as one of the most expensive cities in the world. A coffee in a one of the Russian coffee shops costs at least €5 and a coffee in Starbucks or similar is even more expensive.
Moscow can be difficult enough to get around especially as signs and street names are in cyrillic. Even the locals get lost...
We're lost...
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