QuoteHow much did the flights and visa cost you, if ya dont mind me asking?
Just off the phone with friends in Moscow, the city shut down for 45minutes after the blast, now it's all working apart from the red line. Still a very safe city in the centre but the next 2 weeks will be interesting.
How much did the flights and visa cost you, if ya dont mind me asking?
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Mine was €220. Aer Lingus to Amsterdam, then KLM from there.Originally Posted by sligoman
Visa is €60, I think.
Visa was €60. Flight was about €250 I think not exactly sure as my 30th Birthday on Easter sunday so parents bought me the flights(which was nice)
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BMI have great cost flights to Moscow with good timings. You always have to be careful of when you arrive or you'll spend hours sitting in a terminal with nothing to do before the first train/bus out goes. Great thing about Moscow is that all airports have good fast trains into the centre so compared to 2 years ago travel there is much easier!
Err...I arrive at 2 in the morning. Bad, aye?
Not necessarily, to be honest Brendy I prefer getting early flights like this into Moscow. You'll have to wait until 5am for the train (KLM go into Sheremetyevo as far as I remember) and if you go to the departures area you can grab a coffee from a machine (it's a rip off otherwise). You'll feel the time fly and then you're in the centre of Moscow in Belorusski train station. From there you stroll over to the metro and on the way grab a shawarma (chicken wrap) and you're set. Moscow at that time is really odd but way easier to move around.
Where are you staying?
Godzilla's. Central enough.
So we'll be stuck for afew hours in the airport (yep, it's Sheremetyevo)? Much is a taxi?
Quite looking forward to this now. The victory parade should be great to see.
You're making me jealous now! My trip back is now looking like it's back by another week!!! Don't worry about a taxi, I know it's a pain but it's way cheaper to hang on for the train - as far as I remember a taxi to that area is at least $50. I've taken taxi's a few times but normally booked in advance, it's about 2,500rbs from memory. However on the train in you can jump out in Savelovskaya station, which is on the grey line and it's 2 stops down to where you need to be, that's if your place is near Tsvetnoy Blvd.?
Victory parade will be great, just count all the cars with blue lights. Oh, and one great place to visit that I'm going to see when I'm over, is the Polytechnic Museum, it's near Lubyanka. You get a chance to touch an atomic bomb (as far as I know it's decomissioned) and some of the displays are just amazing. It's also a little sad as it's kind of run down, but well worth a visit.
You're there on Victory day? Then you'll have to go the the war museum...the whole city will be in the park around it that afternoon. I was at the parade 4 years ago. I've never seen tighter security in my life. I think I had to go through 3 metal detectors to get onto Red Square.
which war museum, there are at least three, not including the excellent Afghan war museum...
I guess you mean the WWII museum here:
http://www.museum.ru/M421
But if you are interested in military history then Moscow is your city, I really recommend Monino http://www.moninoaviation.com/album1.html, the museum at Sovetskoi Armii (USSR Army museum) or the tank museum..
Aye, sorry. The Museum of the Great Patriotic War! There's a nice park with lots of exhibits, and the panoramas inside are particularly impressive. There'll be huge queues to get in though.
Got home yesterday after a really great trip. We were staying in an apartment about 10 minutes walk from red square(rented though moscow4rent.com). Class city and lots to see and the woman are class too. The only bad thing was we had just 3 days in the and everything was a bit rushed.
Giving serious thought to heading to Ireland's euro 2012 qualifying game in september 2011
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Moscow, in summer, resembles a catwalk, and it's actually better in the regions! What was the best thing you saw/visited? What would you do next time and not do next time?
Lke the Kremlin, the Metro stations and Museum of the Great Patriotic Wa(the panoramas were class) best. The only thing I would do different next time would spend more time just so it not so rushed
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Got back on Thursday there. Had a really good time, loved all the historical stuff there.
The Russians themselves seem a bit angry all the time. They're a bit of a strange lot. The women are ok. Not bad, but nothing to get excited about.
Loved the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. Fantastic stuff. And the metro stations are just palaces. Mad looking things.
Neish, did ye find it very expensive out? We were paying around the 300 rouble mark for a pint, except for Kruzhka (one of which we got thrown out of cos they thought we weren't going to pay for our food - angry Russians).
I would consider going back for the qualifier, but wouldn't be in a massive hurry. Found the temperature a bit too much, was over 30 every day. Probably something similar in September. Wouldn't mind checking it out in the depths of Winter.
Was over with family so wasn't really out on the beer
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I don't think it's that they're angry, though it looks that way. It's more that they're just very stressed, very cut off from their surrounds and totally selfish. Drink is expensive if you go to the tourist/western spots. If you hit one of the class little places a little outside of the centre you'll pay 5-6 euros tops for a litre of beer. There are more Russian/ethnic spots that you can go to where beer sets you back about 2-3. From the shops it's dirt cheap, and if you get bottles of Mospivo you'll never have a hangover!
Oh, and for weather, you stepped into a heatwave. My other half went over from 22 here and hit 26 in Moscow sweltering! September is low 20's, cool in the evening.
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