Moscow, Russia ~ Beneath the Poker Face
Moscow, where do I start to tell the story of my experience of you? You are not even part of my plans in 2017, but somehow a friend managed to convince me to join on this trip. Honestly speaking, from planning stage up to getting the visa, my feeling was not really that super excited, I could not even be bothered to check the things to do in Moscow. I did my preparations and notes of the "dos" & "don'ts" 2 days prior to my flight. So basically, this was one of the trips I was unprepared but somehow managed to enjoy and survive, considering the language barrier, among other things like weather, etc. From my perspective and personal experience, this part of the world is very interesting. Why I say so? First, let’s talk about people. Poker face, that’s how I described Russians. They have this unfriendly, straight and nose up faces. My impression was not good up until this trip. Now I can say, given a chance they can be one of the...