Welcom to my new temporary home town

Welcome to Moscow

From the Military Tattoo in September

 

It was difficult to imagine what it would be like to move from Houston to Moscow. With pictures in my head how life was in Houston and pictures in my head how I thought Moscow would be. I am sure what will be presented will be a bit different from what my expected picture looked like from the start. Already after two months in Moscow I see the differences and I must say I enjoy every second of it.

Every weekend you will see couple getting married



Almost, the biggest challenges I am up for is to learn Russian. However that will come step by step and reading the local signs when I walk the streets I get closer and closer to understand what is needed.

"Our local trattoria Venezia"

There is a learning process and the way I attack it may be different from how other will attack it. At times, and I look forward to be able in the future to read on the labels at the grossery shop, not like now where I find something that looks good and get home to make the translation that it was something that I expected it to be. Ok, milk and juice I have learned and many other items is not that difficult, but to find out what kind of fish or meat it is could be a challenges.

In Norwegian...Sild

 

and milk is easy to find in the store

  



So what will you see me writing about?

On sunny days or days that there are special events or cultural activity I would like to join there will be notes and pictures. It could be history about Moscow or any of the artist that lived in this city. Visits to museums, art exhibitions, musical events or to any of the day to day activity I will bump into. I hope to present you the Moscow I see and visit for this extended period of time and I will try to keep updated on a regular basis, weekly at least as long as I am at home.

Bolshoi to the left and shopping center TSUM right