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 Topic: How to look inconspicuous |
David M Rowell
Replies: 111
Views: 49173
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 Forum: Russian Contexts, Myths and Truths Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:27 am Subject: How to look inconspicuous |
Bravo, Lora
Well said. I completely agree.
Moscow is no worse, nor no better, than any other large western city.
Cheers
David. |
| Topic: Teaching Yourself Russian.... Is There an Easier Way? |
David M Rowell
Replies: 10
Views: 6972
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:20 am Subject: Teaching Yourself Russian.... Is There an Easier Way? |
Hi, Russian Fanatic
Good news and bad news.... 
The good news is that learning the different endings to verbs between first and third person is really very easy.
The bad news is that ... |
| Topic: learning to speak English |
David M Rowell
Replies: 10
Views: 8356
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:26 am Subject: learning to speak English |
The best books to teach Russians to learn English are those written by Russian people, for Russian people.
They're for sale in Dom Knigi. And they're very inexpensive. And they're much better tha ... |
| Topic: Using the English alphabet for the Russian language |
David M Rowell
Replies: 7
Views: 7480
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:25 am Subject: Using the English alphabet for the Russian language |
The short answer to your question is 'yes'.
Russia people have to transliterate all the time (ie type Russian words with English letters), for the reason you mention. While there is no 100% stan ... |
| Topic: Difference in the charges for Airport Transfers |
David M Rowell
Replies: 3
Views: 2664
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:14 am Subject: Difference in the charges for Airport Transfers |
There is a taxi booking desk at SVO-2 that charges a very fair price for a ride into downtown Moscow (it was $25 last time I used it, it could be up to $30 by now, I'm not sure).
Sure, taxi drivers ... |
| Topic: Safe Transportation from SVO 2 to Hotel Budapest |
David M Rowell
Replies: 2
Views: 2243
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:10 am Subject: Safe Transportation from SVO 2 to Hotel Budapest |
| Just a quick observation - it is more likely that your friend is flying in to SVO-1 rather than SVO-2. SVO-2 is the terminal for international flights, SVO-1 is the terminal on the other side of the ... |
| Topic: Would you donate to WayToRussia.Net? |
David M Rowell
Replies: 1
Views: 5587
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Forum: Way to Russia Feedback Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:04 am Subject: Would you donate to WayToRussia.Net? |
Don't you get commissions on the services you offer on this site already? Booking apartments, arranging transfers, etc? Or at least charge for advertising such things?
Seems to me that you have a ... |
| Topic: inhospitable?!! |
David M Rowell
Replies: 3
Views: 2542
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Forum: Transport Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:59 am Subject: inhospitable?!! |
| At the risk of being impolite, you really haven't read much travel advice about many other destinations in the world if this is the first time you've seen this suggestion, and to then damn all of Russ ... |
| Topic: November weather |
David M Rowell
Replies: 3
Views: 3611
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 6:31 pm Subject: November weather |
The average temps for November are a high of 32 (degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 24.
Sunrise is between 7.36am (1 Nov) and 8.34am (30 Nov) and sunset between 4.51pm and 4.03pm.
And, yes, there ... |
| Topic: Hotel questions...... |
David M Rowell
Replies: 5
Views: 3448
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Forum: Transport Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 2:15 pm Subject: Hotel questions...... |
Almost all hotels will accept direct bookings, but some will discourage you and instead try and point you to a preferred travel agency.
Why do they do this? Guess...... 
The reason is simple ... |
| Topic: Moscow street map in English online? |
David M Rowell
Replies: 4
Views: 9331
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:48 pm Subject: Moscow street map in English online? |
With respect, I don't think it very helpful to have an English language map. Much better to have a Russian one (you can read Cyrillic, I hope!) - that way you have no problem matching up streetname ... |
| Topic: Where to buy SIM card for Russia? |
David M Rowell
Replies: 3
Views: 4537
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:43 pm Subject: Where to buy SIM card for Russia? |
The best - and obvious! - answer to your question is to simply buy one in Moscow, or, easier still, to arrange for the Way to Russia people to buy one for you and deliver it to you upon arrival (I'v ... |
| Topic: travelling to russia |
David M Rowell
Replies: 5
Views: 3862
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:37 pm Subject: travelling to russia |
To answer some of your questions :
It is a few years since I last stayed at the Rossiya Hotel. If you have an upstairs room looking over the Kremlin, then you have a wonderful view from a very ord ... |
| Topic: rent car in Moscow |
David M Rowell
Replies: 1
Views: 2070
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:32 pm Subject: rent car in Moscow |
| Conventional wisdom would suggest that you'd be very ill advised to drive in Russia. You'll be easy prey for any and all other people you may come into contact with (including quite literally) and if ... |
| Topic: Rossiya Hotel and Uncle Pasha |
David M Rowell
Replies: 6
Views: 4484
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:21 pm Subject: Rossiya Hotel and Uncle Pasha |
The Rossiya hotel has an unbeatable location, and upper floor rooms overlooking the Kremlin have a million dollar view for a much lower nightly rate!
But, the 'service' there is about as surly as i ... |
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