Pushkin Park – before the temps dropped

Pushkin Park – before the temps dropped Originally uploaded by Wordyeti. This is a great shot of the central footpath that runs for about a half mile all through the central park.

Old Soviet Building

Old Soviet Building Originally uploaded by Wordyeti. Every once in a while you find a building that has the hammer & sickle still on it … this is a big piece of Soviet-style architecture just off Pushkin Park.

Mickey D’s in Pushkin Park

Mickey D’s in Pushkin Park Originally uploaded by Wordyeti. Man, you just can’t get away from this place. All the Red Army officers who were shivering their asses off were all slurping on McDonald’s coffee.

This, I believe, was Pushkin

This, I believe, was Pushkin Originally uploaded by Wordyeti. Apparently, and this is a little-known fact, but M. Pushkin had a serrated dragon’s tail. This, according to the sculptor here. Not sure what the sculptor was trying to say with this addition. Any...

Morning Zoo radio hosts – in Russian

Morning Zoo radio hosts – in Russian Originally uploaded by Wordyeti. Of all the strange cultural crossovers, the fact that the whole “Morning Zoo” radio phenomenon has made it to Moscow is the one that freaks me out the most. Every morning, Sergei...