| | | | | Oh. my. gods. I loved the Moscow metro. We each bought ten tickets (which was definitely overkill :p). They cost less than a dollar a piece, which I thought was pretty darn cheap! The whole system is just such a well-oiled machine, and so user-friendly that even small-town-Nebraska Jenny who has the most basic understanding of the Russian alphabet was not only able to manage, but to thrive. First, the trains come nearly every 90 seconds (there is even a counter that tells you how many seconds have passed since the last train). Also, there are actually very few stops considering how big the city is -- I was looking at Paris' metro, which has 300 stations compared to Moscow's 184. While the people who actually have to get around the city on a daily basis likely see this as a downside, it was great for me, because there was less information to deal with. Several of the lines are very far underground, so I got to ride on incredibly long escalators. It was brilliant. And the stations themselves were beautiful as well. Fantastic! | | | | | | | | | | | |
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