Do you remember the time when you first stood on ice skates? My first time on them was when I was very young. Growing up on the countryside with a lot of space around the house we had our own small ice skating rink.
Last week was Масленица (Maslenitsa), also known as ‘Butter Week’. This is a week at the end of winter in which people celebrate the last week before the ‘Great Fast’ by eating a lot of pancakes.
When travelling I like to visit university buildings as they are usually among the oldest buildings of the town and therefore quite impressive. Being a student myself it is always interesting to see other facilities and how well-equipped or not so well-equipped educational buildings in other countries are. As I was taking part in a student exchange in Moscow, I got to see this up close on a daily basis!
Christmas and especially the advent season has become my favourite time of the year. So I was really looking forward to experiencing this season in Moscow.
In the past four month I was able to try various local dishes in various restaurants not only in Moscow but also in the cities that I’ve travelled to. As a food enthusiast I am always open to try new dishes. However, being a vegetarian has it made a bit difficult sometimes but I never went hungry. So in my opinion there are several places that one should definitely check out if they are vegetarian or vegan, or just want something without meat or fish.
A while ago when doing research about potential travel destinations within Russia I came across Kazan. I haven’t really heard much about the city before, I only knew that it was one of the megapolises of Russia. A quick google search told me that the architecture was supposed to be different from other Russian cities […]Read Post ›
A few months ago I was thinking about which places I could go visit while staying in Russia. One of the first cities that came to my mind was Murmansk. I can’t even give a reason for that but I have always had the urge to go there. So my friends and I I spent an adventurous weekend in the biggest Arctic city far up north without doing much research beforehand.
The Golden Ring near Moscow has so many beautiful places to offer, so we decided to spend half a day in the small town Rostov.
A park in walking distance from my current place in Moscow is Gorky Park. It is one of my favourite parks here in Moscow and it has so much to offer for erveryone!
Due to the 10-day-stay of my boyfriend I had the perfect opportunity to not only show him more of ‘real’ Russia but also see some of the Golden Ring myself. Usually, first stops of the Golden Ring are either Sergiyev Possad, or Vladimir with Suzdal, but we opted for the more ‘unusual’ stops Yaroslavl and
