Jogging street

My car showed +6C this morning.

Pretty chilly outside, but still not the worst case for April. The sun is shinning, no fog and smog - a good point for happiness nowadays.

A jogging woman in late 40s with headphones in her ears crossed the street when I was making out of the small yard in front of our block of apartments to the avenue. She was pursuing a young girl in pink-and-grey hoody and jogging pants. From the opposite direction another woman was running.

What a jogging street I live at.

Moscow traffic jams - rush hours round the clock

After I changed my job from a starting newspaper journalist to a marketing coordinator four years ago, I ended up sitting at the office all eight-hour work day long in front of corporate mailbox breaking up for team meetings and phone calls.

It was quite a surprise for me that there are huge traffic jams happening in the centre of Moscow at daytime. Ring roads I could have understood.

When I was heading back from the trade show back to the office at 1 pm. I chose this timing on purpose - to miss the traffic. Traffic jams wise it was quite a tricky route. The exhibition centre Crocus Expo is located at the outskirts of Moscow a few hundred meters from the Ring Road. And our office is twenty minutes walk from the Red Square.

Suprisingly for me, I got stuck at the middle of Kutuzovsky Prospect. It took me almost forty minutes to cross the New Arbat Street. Normally you can make it in 5 minutes.

I do not know who all these people are but the traffic jam at lunchtime was even worse than in usual rush hours: 7.30-10.00 am and 5.00-9.00 pm. No way! Will sit at the office...

And this is how it looked like today at 5.05 pm at the Bolshoy Kamenny Most (Bridge). The Kremlin is on the right hand side. A few meters away. 

True love for a lifetime

Suddenly I thought: What do I know about current Moscow and what is going on here? Not much. Pretty unforgivable for a true Moscovite who, moreover, loves the city.  Thanks to my work and usual day-to-day problems.

And I decided to explore and share. And in the interim tell you about my vision of life in Moscow.

Why in English and not in Russian?

Russian people have more opportunities. They know the language. They can come to Moscow on their own and not get lost. They may find out what is going on from daily news. They know what is going on and are able to form their own opinion based on facts.

You probably do not have all that but have been dreaming to get to know the Russian capital from the one who knows.

And if you come to Moscow, you may be sure about one thing only: no matter what, you will fall in love with it. Even if you are not going drop everything to come and leave here.

Dedicated to those who have fallen in love with Moscow but cannot be here.

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