1. Never walk alone - can kill. Do not carry money in the passport. If it checks the guardian of order, I thought that the money you put in to it. It is not necessary to go after 7pm in the subway. A lot of homeless people sleeping on the stacked cars.
(Things Travelnotes, USA)
2. Homeless in Russia does not like in America, they are more tragic and less dangerous.
(Justin Daymers, USA)
3. In fact, no reasonable person would not go at two o'clock in the shop for sausage. But. The number of services that can be provided in Moscow around the clock impressive. Haircut at 23:30, browse books at 2:00 or buy on the construction market drill at 4:00 - all real!
(Thomas Video, Germany)
4. Subway-shelter stray dogs and ears in love teenagers, homeless alcoholics and wounded veterans, tourists and deadbeat people traveling to or from work. But in the halls is something that tells the story of Russia itself. This monument to the era of the communist regime, when the underground palaces with sparkling chandeliers, decorated with mosaics, frescoes, sculptures, erected for the rows of passengers. When I arrived in Moscow, the summer heat and the crush in the subway almost made me trezvennitsey. I could not bear the stench distributed drunk vodka evaporates from their bodies with sweat, their wet skin stuck to my, such as plastic film. But then I saw how young people gallantly on their feet, replaced the old ladies, or the Russians pinned down in a book, as long as the train roared rushes through the tunnel, and I understand that there is not so terrible.
(Megan K.Stek, Los Angeles Times)
5. The doors in the Moscow subway closed straightforward: if they are closed, they are really close. Even if between someone standing.
(Montse Arevalo, Spain)
6. First of all, you have to learn how to pronounce the word correctly - "metro" (myetro)! Still, be careful near the fragile old lady, they are the most unbearable people in the subway. The first time when I was shoved hard, I turned around, expecting to see a big man, but came face to face with grandma. Since then, I guard. If you smile in public places, according to the Russian culture, you idiot, why should stand in the subway with the views expressed gloom or extreme aggression.
(Frank Hanselman, the Netherlands and Spain)
7. There is a strange kind of grandmothers (babushkas) at the turnstiles at the entrance to the subway. They sit behind the walls of transparent plastic in the construction of about 2 m high and are looking at going through the "ticket barrier." They are in a form similar to the police. They have short haircuts and scowl. Their job is to observe how people go through turnikets. If they are someone does not like, they whistle to whistle. Beginners in Moscow often mark the coldness and hostility of passers-by. But I realized that this shield. When confronted with them in real-life situations and not in the subway, Russian and hospitable welcome. The metro is a gloomy staring into space. Look at each other only in love. But once I saw a crowd of students rushed into the car. They were laughing, shouting, jostling - for them the trip was an adventure! And then I saw all smiled. I think everyone thought of something good.
(Edward Adrian-Vallance, UK)
8. I was taught to drink beer with dried fish - that I have never seen. Initially did not want to try because of the terrible sight and smell, and then enjoyed. Knock roach on the table - this is a very in Russian and fun. And according to the national product - threaded loaf. He is the personification of the country - white, simple, more often than not the first freshness, but very tasty. I've never seen so many people drank tea. Even in the club at 3am bought tea.
(Dick Jansen, The Netherlands)