It's so prohibitively cold that I only survived outdoors for around four hours before my face began to sting, which was a sure fire sign that I would be safer indoors with a nice mulled wine. I sat in cosy retro café bar that had a hearty looking menu. I ordered 'Potato Casserole with Chicken'. What a got was a block of yellow cheesy mash with french fries. Something had clearly been lost in translation. Ah well, I love cheesy mash.
Monday, 21 January 2013
If in doubt, try again.
Better weather today, so here are a few replacements for yesterdays decidedly sketchy snaps :) I spent the afternoon sliding around Red Square and the Kremlin.
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Don't blame the messenger...
Hmm, breakfast provided by hostel...
Ah! that's better!
Apologies for the quality of the pics, but a combination of incessant, hardcore, relentless snowing, frozen paws, shivering skull, disfunctioning camera and occasional peaking through grubby windows makes for a very mixed bag indeed. Anyway, here's a little slice of Москва...
Rather extravagant cigarette holder
Ah! The best end to any day! Fire roaring, Russian pint going down nicely and a ladies quartet accompanied by a piano just behind me. Seeing as my hostel is upstairs, I might as well have another...
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