Breakfast in Moscow has moved to a new site! Come check us out! www.eshockman.com
click on image to be re-directed to new site
Topics
art autumn blogging blog tips BOOKS! breakfast culture shock Expat life faith family fashion food! friendship home journalism know and love the city links love the city marriage One Thousand Gifts photography quotes Russian culture Russian history seasons stuff Russian people like TEFL TheNews travel weekday faith winter work writingTop Posts & Pages
Tag Archives: know and love the city
The Moscow Metro
How do you get to work in the morning? The Moscow Metro from Sasha Aleksandrov on Vimeo. I have a love-hate relationship with the Moscow metro. I hate getting pushed around, and I hate how it so often smells like … Continue reading
Moscow Weekends (and how to rest)
How do you usually spend your weekends? For economist husband and I, with our ever-shifting work schedules, weekends off together are rarer than we’d like them to be. At the moment we average between one and two weekends off of … Continue reading
How Expensive is Moscow, Really?
Well, according to the Mercer Consulting Company, Moscow is the fourth most expensive city in the world. A cup of coffee can be between $7 and $9. Metro tickets cost about $1 per ride. Monthly rent for a 1 bedroom … Continue reading
Homesick
Fellow expats, do you feel like you function at the same level in a foreign country as you do in your home country? A friend of mine recently reviewed a book on cross-cultural living. While written specifically for missionaries, I … Continue reading
Russian Summer
No comment… P.S. The air conditioner is purring in the corner and my fridge is full of fresh raspberries and peaches. Even better, I have a few days off work, and am looking forward to applying for jobs, perhaps paying this … Continue reading
Moscow Nostalgia: Creating New Memories
One of the hardest things about living in Moscow for me is simply how little nostalgia and cultural memory this place holds for me. Think about it – why do we get excited about travelling to places like Rome, London, … Continue reading
Moscow Moments
I took my camera along with me for a few days the other week, and here are some of the images I came back with – everyday Moscow moments. These are my scenes of frustration, joy, anger, hope and surprise. … Continue reading
Moscow Street Fashion
The Moscow ‘Look At Me’ online magazine posts pictures of street fashion from the Russian capital. (like the Sartorialist) What do you think of these looks from Moscow? Fashion is wishful thinking for me – I can’t bring myself to … Continue reading
Moscow apartments
I’ve been living in a rental apartment for almost 7 years. I’ve purposely kept furniture acquisitions to a minimum, bound to the idea that all this is just temporary, and that I want to be able to pick up and … Continue reading
Moscow library
I LOVE libraries! The rows and rows of old, musty books, each one, a whole new world and story. One of the things I miss most about the U.S. is the community libraries. All you people living in the States … Continue reading
