Finally, after a week, I am getting around to blogging. Moscow is very different than I expected it to be. It feels very large and busy. While there are plenty of tourist attractions here, it does not at all feel touristy. Thus, it feels like New York City. Also, judging by the ads, stores, products, restaurants, and cars, it feels quite Americanized, more so than Prague, Vienna, and Budapest that I visited last year.
I was surprised to see very few drunk people on the streets. I have seen only one or two people who were messed up, comparable to NYC or any other city. Nonetheless, many men seem to be carrying beer here as if it was coke, and after buying souvenirs, the clerk girl gave me two shots of special vodka.
I found the women most surprising in Moscow. All the ones my age seem to be wearing high heels and are tall and skinny.
The people, culturally, are also different than in the U.S., but I am going to talk about that in another blog post.
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