Moscow Travel and Tourism Guide

Today, May 7th, Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as the third President of the Russian Federation, following Yeltsin and Putin.  I was sitting this evening when a celebratory fireworkds display began above the Moscow river.  With my camera near by I was able to capture the images shown here.  To the left of the photo you can make out St. Basil's, the GUM and the Kremlin. Happy inauguration day Mr. Medvedev and best wishes for a good term as President!

The 19 year old German pilot landed his Cessna on the bridge right in front of our hotel window back in 1987. He then taxied to Red Square. He so embarrassed the Russian military that more than 2000 officers lost their jobs, including the defense and air defense ministers, who were opposed to Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika, so Gorbachev took this opportunity to fire them. The pilot Mathias Rust was prompted arrested and was enprisoned for more than 400 days before being released and sen...

I went to Moscow, again... I guess this was the last time for some uncertain period. I am a bit tired and confused. I had great time, though I can't say I made it to MAKS, the aviation exhibition. The story is complicated. And it was terribly hot, so we spent a lot of time in Evropeiskij - the shopping center, as this was the place with air conditioning. So no story here, just some random pictures.

The flight from Berlin to Moscow Vnukovo was pretty normal and I slept most of it anyway.  It took a while to get through passport control at the Moscow airport though it was pretty cool to see the page numbers and harps go psychedelic under the ultraviolet light.  I took my time getting out of the airport.  It was only 1500 and I was happier looking around and finding the right way to go rather than heading off into the blue yonder.  Managed to pick up some money from an ...