So what to do at this time? It is our second winter in
Moscow and we can compare one winter to do other. One thing is the weather another
is what we have done this winter compared to the first.
Not to forget what have happened this winter months compared
to last year.
My last update on this blog was in middle of January. Since
then we have had a gray day most of the time. Days with sunshine in between and
days with snow, it is more or less like winter in any place around the world.
We have not been challenged with the minus 30 degree C this winter, just touching
the minus 10. We do expect that the two winters we still will be here in Moscow
we will challenge to low, low minuses again. Just let it come we are prepared
for it.
One thing I can say, the viruses hit us. Not for the
computer, but the heavy cold due to the up and down in temperature. Bronchitis
and pneumonia it us both once and twice, but good doctors helped us through the
2-3 weeks and got back on our feet’s.
So what have happened over these 3 months for me and my
camera?
One specific is the anti Maidan rally that was in February.
I love to watch people and with 10 thousands of them demonstrating there were a
lot of possible photos to take. I did not go to fare away from our house as the
demonstration started just outside our doorstep. The pictures I have chosen was
put together in a short video.
The week after the Anti Maidan demonstration we had the sad
story of the killing of Boric Nemtsov. It has happened before and it will
happen again I am sure, but when it will happen it touches us. The place where
the killing took place I had past just evenings before and took photos of the
red sky over Kremlin. A week later it was the ocean of flowers I could direct
my camera towards.
Moscow is so much more than described above, first of the
museums. We have lately visited Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It not only
consists of one gallery, but five in total. One specific that interest me is
the Multimedia Art Museum Moscow. MAMM have exhibition over 7 floors and a separate
photo or multimedia exhibition at each floor. We can see old Soviet pictures
from many time zone, or French or American photographers on display. Even this
year Pirelli calendar is on display with videos from the days of shooting the
photos.
Some of the pictures from the visits to the galleries are
put together in a Youtube video
Some amazing photos were on display showing the fantastic
and famous Russian Ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova. Study them could take a
long time, but see the movement put on canvas and displayed was a special
moment. Seldom it is possible to catch the moment and put the person in to a
perspective as these pictures shows.
There are many specific museums for most interest. Tolstoy
have his, Pushkin have is and so on. The aeronautic museums are special and we
will be back to that later this year. One we have visited twice is the
Bulgakov. Made it a habit of having a Bulgakov evening visiting special of
important places, the two most important is the Museum itself and Restaurant
Margarita.
Last place also serve us live music.
We enjoy the concerts we go to as well. Ticket once or twice
a month to the conservatory and the big stage there will always be a positive experience.
Student with very high standard presents their quality each day along with
concerts by other Russian and international artist. Just happens that this is
the place we enjoy to go out of so many places to listen to high quality music.
Have to include Children’s world in Moscow for you. For the
time we have been here in Moscow we have passed this building under
refurbishment, and we wondered many times if it ever would be finished before we
were to leave Moscow. To our big surprise it got ready by end of March and opened
even that not all of the space was taken or made ready by the leasers. Toys,
Toys and Toys along with clothes and fast food on top floor, I am sure you can
spend a day here from early morning to the end at 22 pm and not seen it all.
Special if you have a 3 year or a 8 year old with you. So if we have visitors
with children, one day is gone.
In between all this I managed to get to Oslo and support my youngest
daughter in her performance in The Voice in Norway. Exciting experience even
she did not make it, I am proud and happy that soon 10000 hits have made her
Youtube performance from the show.
Walking in Moscow is an experience of its own. Every time
there is something new to see and find new places that we like to experience.
This like the Rhythm and Blues place we discovered. Thought it was graffiti,
but obvious a nice place to go one evening, with live music most evening. Not
difficult to recognize the place in case you look for it.
And if you are in doubt, people in Moscow were interested in
the total solar eclipse. I did not have to tool to make a good photo, but good
enough to show the people interest.
Coming weekend we have Easter in Russia and with the promised
15-16 degree C in the forecast along with sun it maybe time as some restaurants
needs to do quite often, do some cleaning.
Wish you all the best from a happy Easter celebrating
Moscow.
