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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | Views [1711]
When autumn arrives and all the leaves turn yellow and orange a chill enters the air and you realize there’s only a couple of more weeks left before the big chill descends on Moscow.
Wrapped up warm against the chilly autumn ... Read more >
Tags: autumn, exhibition center, janaline smalman, moscow, photography, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | Views [2929] | Comments [1]
The Alexander Gardens in front of the Kremlin
I love that the soldiers really do lift their legs waist high when they march along, just like in the movies!
Guard changing places
The ... Read more >
Tags: change guards, janaline smalman, kremlin, moscow, photography, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Views [826]
“Paintings, sculpture and applied art from ancient history to the present day - art fans can find all this and more at the Pushkin Museum.”
After I read this I had to go and check this out for myself. My friend Yve ... Read more >
Tags: art, moscow, pushkin museum janaline smalman, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Views [899]
It was April and still cold outside and raining. My friends Judith, Yve and I decided to visit the State Historical Museum, as we needed an activity away from the cold. On the way to the museum my umbrella broke in the strong wind. It was probably ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, museum, photography, red square, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 12 Oct 2012 | Views [1388]
My first winter here in Moscow was a shock to my system. As I grew up in sunny South-Africa I have never experienced cold like this before and was not prepared.
When the cold of October arrived my co-workers asked me if I have enough warm ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, photography, russia, snow, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012 | Views [768]
While living in Moscow, on my way to work I would often pass by this old man with his goat. He would usually be standing close to the metro collecting money for his goat come sunshine, rain or snow.
Tags: goat, janaline smalman, moscow, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 1 Oct 2012 | Views [816]
I walked along the river from the Kremlin
and was greeted by one of the most imposing and controversial buildings in Russia, the
resurrected Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
It was originally commissioned after the defeat
of Napoleon ... Read more >
Tags: cathedral, janaline smalman, moscow, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 28 Sep 2012 | Views [1266]
On a cold and rainy October day I headed
out to visit the convent.
I was told that you can not miss the
convent as you get out of the metro, but that is probably if you get off at the
right metro stop. I got off and found ... Read more >
Tags: cemetary, convent, janaline smalman, moscow, novodevichy, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 28 Sep 2012 | Views [4196]
Izmaylovo market in the East of Moscow with
its huge collection of souvenirs and Russian memorabilia is a must on a
weekend! I have spent many weekends walking around here and exploring every
nook and cranny of the market and its surrounding ... Read more >
Tags: cathedral, izmaylovo, janaline smalman, market, moscow, russia, travel, vodka
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Views [1378]
I lived alone in my old Soviet flat for 3
weeks before I eventually got a flat mate. I was busy settling in, getting to
know the area and spent a lot of evenings at home watching a bit of TV and
studying some Russian after walking around the ... Read more >
Tags: apartment blocks, janaline smalman, moscow, neighbour, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Views [1470]
I have been fortunate to have some lovely
Russian students and befriended a couple, Alexander and Anastasia. They invited
me to come and visit them at their holiday house just outside of Moscow.
So I took Friday off work and went ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, russia, sauna, tarusa, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Views [909]
My Russian adventure started September
2010! The unknown, the secretiveness of
this city pulled me towards it. Since I can remember I have always been
interested to find out what actually goes on behind the “iron curtain”. I
grabbed at the chance ... Read more >
Tags: apartment block, coffee, janaline smalman, moscow, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Views [1864]
As you enter the Red Square you are greeted by as the Resurrection Gate and the Iberian Chapel.
The Iberian Chapel is a tiny little chapel, no bigger than a small room where royalty used to pray before entering through the gate.... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, kazan cathedral, moscow, red square, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 17 Jun 2012 | Views [1410]
Kolomenskoye is one of the most beautiful places in all of Moscow.
Although only a short metro ride from the center, and situated close to one of the city's most industrialized areas, the park and its awe-inspiring buildings are so steeped in history ... Read more >
Tags: kolomenskaya, moscow, park, russia, travel janaline smalman
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2012 | Views [1380]
The first week I was in Moscow I had to explore the red square and my wonderings took me into St Basils Cathedral (with its ice-cream coloured onion domes), the Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat.
I read that ... Read more >
Tags: cathedral, janaline smalman, moscow, red square, russia, st basils, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 10 Jun 2012 | Views [2093]
You cannot visit Moscow and not visit Lenin!!!
Yes its a dead body but believe me he looks like a wax statue!And its FREE!!!
The Red Square is rich in symbols of Russia's turbulent and intriguing past and one of the first things that drew ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, lenin, moscow, red square, russia, sightseeing, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 10 Jun 2012 | Views [1235]
My Russia adventure has started!!!
The unknown, the secretiveness of this city pulled me towards it.
Moscow is a city of superlatives. It boasts the most billionaires, the most expensive cups of coffee, at £4 a cup this ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, red square, russia, sightseeing, travel
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