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So, my friend in Moscow has been bugging me to get a visitor visa since we met last February, and I have been wanting to visit for a few years now. I applied right before Feb 24 and still got approved afterwards. Flew Air Serbia to Moscow and stayed for a week, right down the street from the Kremlin. No one at the airport bothered me about being from the US and I went through security/customs without incident - everything was handled with professionalism.
Stayed right down the street from the Kremlin - did the whole tourist thing and visited all the museums and restaurants I could handle. I mostly stayed in the city center for a week.
-People in public seem calm. People in regular jobs at restaurants, ice cream stands, etc - I noticed these people carried themselves with some noticeable level of dignity - I don't get this sense from many of the same kind of workers in the US.
-Food and ingredients are much better than in the US. Went to two markets and they were packed to the gills with food.
-The city center architecture is beautiful - You just kind of sit and stare, taking it in - it brings a sense of calmness and appreciation for the combination of engineering and artistic beauty.
-Many of the younger generation know English, and appeared attentive and sharp. That was my impression, at least.
Stayed right down the street from the Kremlin - did the whole tourist thing and visited all the museums and restaurants I could handle. I mostly stayed in the city center for a week.
-People in public seem calm. People in regular jobs at restaurants, ice cream stands, etc - I noticed these people carried themselves with some noticeable level of dignity - I don't get this sense from many of the same kind of workers in the US.
-Food and ingredients are much better than in the US. Went to two markets and they were packed to the gills with food.
-The city center architecture is beautiful - You just kind of sit and stare, taking it in - it brings a sense of calmness and appreciation for the combination of engineering and artistic beauty.
-Many of the younger generation know English, and appeared attentive and sharp. That was my impression, at least.