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vitalsigns
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| I will be in Moscow in May and I have about 3-4 hours to kill there before my next flight at a different airport. My question is is there a service somewhere in Moscow where I can check my suitcase in to store it while I am exploring Moscow? |
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RusskiCanadian23
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| Doesn't Sheremetyevo have a locker system? You know, you pay, get a key, and lock your stuff up in big metal box. I thought it did. Hmm. |
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vitalsigns
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| RusskiCanadian23 wrote: | | Doesn't Sheremetyevo have a locker system? You know, you pay, get a key, and lock your stuff up in big metal box. I thought it did. Hmm. |
Good point, I don't know if it does. |
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mediashark
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Someone posted about the left luggage lockers in SVO some time ago... I'm sure they exist, but just make sure you don't leave anything valuable in them, as with any luggage locker service. |
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vitalsigns
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| mediashark wrote: | | Someone posted about the left luggage lockers in SVO some time ago... I'm sure they exist, but just make sure you don't leave anything valuable in them, as with any luggage locker service. |
Ok, thank you. How far is SVO in relation to the Red Square? Because I will have to come back get my luggage and then go to another airport. |
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nikir
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You might consider taking your luggage with you to the Paveletskaya station and leaving it there.
The metro is next door through a tunnel and Red Square is only a few stops away.
When you finish wandering you just go back to Paveletskaya and catch the train to Domededovo. |
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vitalsigns
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| nikir wrote: | You might consider taking your luggage with you to the Paveletskaya station and leaving it there.
The metro is next door through a tunnel and Red Square is only a few stops away.
When you finish wandering you just go back to Paveletskaya and catch the train to Domededovo. |
Ok, that's what camarks suggested in another post as well, which tells me that's my best shot. Great. |
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overseas_expat
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I think you will just barely have enough time to get from SVO to DME in 3 to 4 hours. I can't imagine where you would find so much as an extra half hour in that transaction.
It's going to take you at least 1 hour or 1 1/2 hours to get into town from SVO--that's after you end up standing in line at passport control at Sheretemyetovo and then collecting your luggage. That whole process will take an hour. Then it's another hour from Paveletskaya to Domodyedevo on the train. And another bout with the luggage and security check-in.
I think 3 to 4 hours will be barely enough time to make the whole airport exchange, and cutting it close at that.
Here's a hint: Never stand in a Russian passport control line behind any kind of Arabs or Middle Easterners. You will be there forever. |
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vitalsigns
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You know you are right. It eluded me that it'll take several hours to just get out of the airport... Bummer. Well, maybe on the way back I will spend a night in Moscow and then do the sightseeing.
Thank you expat. |
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vitalsigns
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| overseas_expat wrote: |
Here's a hint: Never stand in a Russian passport control line behind any kind of Arabs or Middle Easterners. You will be there forever. |
Funny you said that. I was at Schiphol, Amsterdam last year and their security grilled every Middle Easterner as well. I thought it was an isolated incident.
I'll try to stand behind the Brits only...  |
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jo jo 7
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| overseas_expat wrote: | I think you will just barely have enough time to get from SVO to DME in 3 to 4 hours. I can't imagine where you would find so much as an extra half hour in that transaction.
It's going to take you at least 1 hour or 1 1/2 hours to get into town from SVO--that's after you end up standing in line at passport control at Sheretemyetovo and then collecting your luggage. That whole process will take an hour. Then it's another hour from Paveletskaya to Domodyedevo on the train. And another bout with the luggage and security check-in.
I think 3 to 4 hours will be barely enough time to make the whole airport exchange, and cutting it close at that.
Here's a hint: Never stand in a Russian passport control line behind any kind of Arabs or Middle Easterners. You will be there forever. |
You know Expat you are so helpful...I really appreciate your tips...Thanks for the hint at the bottom.. I will keep this in mind when I go to Russia.  |
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krasatulya
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| I really don't think anyone can decide where they're going to stand in line and whom they would like to be in front of or behind. Unless you plan on cutting people or barging in front of them, your spot in line is not something you can determine, but rather something left to chance. |
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vitalsigns
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| krasatulya wrote: | | I really don't think anyone can decide where they're going to stand in line and whom they would like to be in front of or behind. Unless you plan on cutting people or barging in front of them, your spot in line is not something you can determine, but rather something left to chance. |
You know, that's what happened to me. I was in Amsterdam and I WAS behind a Middle Eastern guy. They kept grilling him but then another officer called me to his counter and so I didn't have to wait.
Krasatulya, your lips make me dizzy every time I see your avatar. Is your honey ok with how much your lips are protruding on it? Kind of luscious. |
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nikir
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Probably why she's Krasatulya  |
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nikir
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| jo jo 7 wrote: | | overseas_expat wrote: | I think you will just barely have enough time to get from SVO to DME in 3 to 4 hours. I can't imagine where you would find so much as an extra half hour in that transaction.
It's going to take you at least 1 hour or 1 1/2 hours to get into town from SVO--that's after you end up standing in line at passport control at Sheretemyetovo and then collecting your luggage. That whole process will take an hour. Then it's another hour from Paveletskaya to Domodyedevo on the train. And another bout with the luggage and security check-in.
I think 3 to 4 hours will be barely enough time to make the whole airport exchange, and cutting it close at that.
Here's a hint: Never stand in a Russian passport control line behind any kind of Arabs or Middle Easterners. You will be there forever. |
You know Expat you are so helpful...I really appreciate your tips...Thanks for the hint at the bottom.. I will keep this in mind when I go to Russia. |
You may find that redheads from Kentucky are also problematic to process. |
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