I have used my camera since my last update on this blog.
After 1,5 year after our arrival in Moscow we are not getting stuffed with
impressions even we could feel that way. Due to each day we walk around in the
city it changes and new impressions get to us.
It is the architecture that we can look at and find it more
amazing second time we look at a building or third. Always something new to
discover, and so with the cultural activity that the city authorities organize,
it just gets us in the mood like they did this New Year.
We very often come
across walls painted, either in an artistic way or as a memory for famous
Russian cultural artist like Bulgakov and others. It gives a clear indication
that people are not forgotten and that the city cares about these people.
Another event we very often come across is married couples
out in the city to get their wedding photo. Coming from a country where it is a
regular custom to have a large party, in Moscow it is almost like the have the
party as they shot the photos. OK I am sure most ends up at a restaurant and
later with a smaller party in a home, but it cost a lot and most newly married
in Moscow have a restricted income and now parents that throw them a big party.
X-mas was here, first our European Christmas and into
January the “local” Christmas so we have celebration for a long time.
Now winter is here, a bit more than last winter so we have
seen more snow, have had more cold weather and we are just days into the New
Year. It is nice to have some to look forward to, like we know what is coming during
the next 2 – 3 months of cultural activity and fun walks around this beautiful
city and more to tell about in the process for more friends to be interested to
dare visit Moscow.
