DaveMiddleton

If so, and if interested in learning the do's and dont's in Moscow, let me know. I have been about 25 times in the last 5 years and can still remember the first visit (total confusion from the moment of arrival till I left again due to massive language difficulties with everything in Cyrillic, few English speakers and everyone trying to rip you off!! . There are several "scams" that are aimed at tourists frequently etc.) Only after I learned reasonable conversational Russian over a 2 year period did I feel better equipped to deal with what can be the "fun" capital of the world if you know what you are doing.I will NOT be going during the football as it will be 3 x worse than normal for problems.

r32

Tell us some scams then Dave, it sounds interesting ..........

ChrisB

Indeed, sounds interesting anyway.

I'm sure I read somewhere recently that Moscow is/was the most expensive in the world to visit, with hotels being more expensive than NYC or London. True?

DaveMiddleton

VERY Expensive western hotels and restaurants (unless you know your way about). I could talk for hours on Moscow and it's oligarchs, mafia, scams , maniacs on the roads,etc,etc. But I do not have the time to put it in print.
What it does have without any shadow of a doubt is by a factor, the most sensational looking women in the world - and in mass numbers!!!! Just walking on any main street in Moscow you are faced woth teeming numbers of them , which made me originally think that a beauty competition had just ended and these were some of the competitors.

j4ckos mate

Lad from work is in BCN , had his wallet lifted, hes 1200 euros lighter, oh and got in a fight over someone taking the **** out of him broke a table in the room and will loose the deposit on top of that., two also got nicked at the airport for being drunk, but have been released,

what a shameful lot we are , can you imagined if this happened in mow we would never see him again

ChrisB

Sounds like you should write a book Dave.

I thought Krakow was excellent for, erm, eye-candy

Paul3446

A Marriott hotel in Moscow is offering a room for 3 nights for over £3,000 while the Champions League final is on.

Good to see that fans aren't being ripped off too much then.

DaveMiddleton

There are 4 Marriotts in Moscow , so am sure they will all be offering these "deals". Even normally their list prices are circa £300 per night. After my first 2 visits I started using "western style" apartments right in the centre at about £60-80 per night (less back then, but now still much cheaper than hotel rip offs)

Daryl

The women might be beautiful, but they all looked miserable as **** when I was there in November!

Russian beer was £8 a bottle in the hotel I was staying at, glad I wasn't paying!

Thought the underground was cool though, some nice architecture in the stations.

Luan Pra bang

Moscow is full of wannabes who pretend to be mafia and try to intimidate tourists. Its also full of ******. There were so many ****** in Moscow that they spread out from Russia to All over the world. Hookers must be Russias biggest export. Its a little known fact that 1 in 3 women in Russia is a *****.

gravelexpress

I live here ! it is bloody awful. I speak some Russian and can read Russian it makes things easier, but yes everyone is on the take, trying to make money off of rich foregners

gravelexpress

that is a nasty thing to say. It is not true. You must be going to all the up market places I supppose.
Russian culture is quite tradititional, girls here are not so free and easy as is the opinion you have. In fact they are mostly the opposite many will not drink or smoke and keep to good values. Co habitation is frowned upon here. They are not cheap ****** at all , most girls are more homely and seek to find a good man rather than money.

pete higham

im going

i will only be there a day so im not to worried

555 Markus

I'll be there too. Arriving Tuesday... hopefully leaving Thursday.

Jerome

Be careful. If a customs official wants a bribe, give it to him!

Don't do what this muppet did...

gravelexpress

where do you plan to stay? the hotel prices in Moscow are crazy! The rent for my apartment is more than the morgage I pay for my house in the UK. I hope everyone has a good time when you come here.

555 Markus

I'm in the Cosmos. Booked one of the official packages as initially it looked like only those might qualify for the visa waiver.

Although I've not stayed there before, as a member of Englandfans I'm under no illusions what its like after the game in Moscow last October.

skoobidude

I used to stay in Ukraina (one of 7 identical buildings). I'm sure it was about $100 a night. That was between 1997-99 though.

Nick

stilover

Blimey

gravelexpress

the Cosmos ! I know it! I stayed their when I came here, big bloody stupid statue of Charles de Gaulle on the outside. Its not a bad place, for typical soviet style hotel, so you will be comfortable their . You will see the huge exhibition park VDNKh ! from your window.

gravelexpress

I have no idea how much that hotel costs now, it is one of the seven stalin towers . The hotel moscva is currently being rebuilt also. They have a new ritz-carlton hotel here on Tverskya, cheapest room is 1000 bucks a night apparently.

pete higham

bloody hell

gravelexpress

Hope everyone is having a good time over here! shame about the weather!

gravelexpress

my tickets have just arrived at the 11th hour!!! it is 17:43 Moscow time!!

well see you their!!

pete higham

what a sh1thole moscow is

gravelexpress

elaborate on that. I am thinking you did not enjoy yourself here

did you get stung for everything?