When you first set foot in the Domodedovo International Airport to the city of Moscow, I immediately presented the city that is tidy, the wide street, old buildings and heritage days of old are still good terawat and still in use and does not tergerus by modernization.
Perhaps, the Russian government forbade the entire restoration of heritage buildings in the city. Do not forget, with the Moscow Jakarta, traffic jams also occur everywhere.
Moscow certainly a matter of speaking tourists, including the author, who is the first time dituju Red Square. Yes, Field Red is one of the popular tourist objects in the city center.
Around this field, first a military parade where each of the Armed Forces Day before the Soviet Union split into pieces and the Russian state itself, there is a Kremlin Palace, the central government as well as the official residence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed the new replace Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin Palace typical form of 20 towers and walls that encircle the palace complex, covering 27.5 hectares. Spasskaya tower is the highest tower and the most famous. This tower was built in 1725 it has 71 meters high.
Besides Kremlin Palace, around the field there is Saint Basil cathedral. This cathedral has a distinctive form of cone-shaped roof that colorful. Roof of a church or cathedral, is similar to the dome mosque, found in many other regions in Russia. Perhaps also the symbol of Catholic religion Ortodok Russia.
Shopping center
Right in front of the Kremlin Palace, there are also Gum, shopping centers owned by the state. Building Gum, which is a combination of medieval Russian architecture, berkerangka elegant steel and glass roofed this was never a place persemayaman Stalin's wife, Nadezhda, has become the center of these in the world.
Famous fashion brands such as Bulgary, Tiffany & Co, Armani, Prada, Versace, Bentley and several other global brands are present in addition to this shopping center also has a bar or cafe. Perhaps, also be a place of Gum nongkrong billiuner Russia, a rich country.
Therefore, the tourists do not have a pocket tight try shopping in this shopping center. When you buy a glass of famous brands in the Pondok Indah Mall, Jakarta worth Rp2, 5 million, in the Gum can be two to three times lipatnya.
When in Domodedovo Airport, I had to buy food such as rice kebuli, piece of meat and a bottle of mineral water and have to grope pocket 290 ruble. When the U.S. $ 1 equal to 23 ruble. This means money spent Rp117.260.
"Yah, so that Moscow has become that these cities in the world. London alone has exceeded, "said Cetin Candam, Chairman of Indonesia-Turkish Business Council (ITBC) to remind the author.
In Moscow, a car such as Porsche, Jaguar, Roll-Royce Phantom, BMW and Mercedes the last series, and found a lot of pass-thatch in the streets of this city. This is all the blessings of the world oil price increase. Russia was noted as the main producer countries of the world crude oil.
According to Forbes notes, there are 53 Russian billioner with the wealth of U.S. $ 282 billion, while the level was slightly below 103,000 people there. However, Russia also have the person who lives below the poverty line. The World Bank had reported the poor reached 15% of the total population this country.
World sparkling
How dengan'dugem '(the sparkling night) in Moscow? The city also provides a place for it tonight, especially along Tverskaya Street. Along the way will be found for the global fashion store, restaurant, bar, casino or nightclub.
Author and entourage had to enter a nightclub Night Flight. Just as in Jakarta, in addition to music course, this club also provides a female friend assistants. The author had to ask the friend of a long stay in Russia, Alex. "What if the woman accompany me?" Ask the author. Alex answered "Yes, around 500-1000 euro.
What would you like? "Tantangnya. The author does not reply and only wry smile while leaving the club passed away that night.
However, for short stay tourists have a pocket where there is particularly interesting to buy a souvenir of Russia. That there is in the Arbat Market. Location of this market is quite well known in Moscow, especially for foreign tourists. This excess Arbat Market, the price of products such as T-shirt with the image can still Kremlin Palace ditawar even though tourists to the size of Indonesia is still quite expensive.
That's Moscow, a city that is quite memesona, romantic is not denied even though the city still remain behind with the feel of Soviet ideology Komunisnya. Not when one of the city also appears novel of James Bond Ian Fleming From Russia with Love.
