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If you need "just a pad to crush" someplace civilized
and central, and you are the sort of person compatible with us, we can
put you up in our loft. For a mere $25/person or $35/two* contribution to our household you'll be able to recuperate, do your laundry, check e-mail, and otherwise prepare yourself to continue your journey through Russia. The location is extra-convenient, on the canal, across the river from the Red Square. Yes, you will have access to an Internet-wired computer. Yes, you can even borrow our bike. Yes, you are welcomed to walk Busik-the-dog. Or take him with you as a souvenir! I will not charge you for the stay, take you to the airport, and even write a letter to the KGB with reasons not to issue you your Russian visa again for the next 20 years (which I hear is the longevity record for dogs) if you take that jumping, barking and peeing curse out of my life. Obtaining Olesya's approval, however, will be your responsibility.. You will be encourage to participate in our life by, for example, doing English conversation practice with some of my students. In exchange they may take you around Moscow and otherwise keep you pleasantly busy. But please no joyful youngsters bursting with energy because I am an old killjoy grouch. No guidebook type Americans either please - I find annoyingly their mechanical style of travel. Then there is also the sort that overuses "beautiful", "spectacular" and other adjectives, and exclaims "isn't that something" upon seeing objects constructed for no other purpose than to elicit the "look at it!" behaviour pattern . I expect my guests to spend time in a manner that pretends to a measure of an enlightenment. Quiet walks through old Moscow, feeding ducks on the canal or making sketches of buildings in an attempt to capture the spirit of the place are examples of approved activities. "Doing" the Red Square - Hungry Duck - Tverskaya - Tretyakov Gallery routine or running around with a camera taking a picture of yourself in front of things big and vertical annoys the crap out of me, and I need more than $25 to keep my sentiments hidden. (Under present stressed financial circumstances a surcharge of $10 puts a smile on my face no matter what you do or don't. Patience and good attitude are available while supplies last.) Speaking of the rubberneck Americans and camcorder-armed Japanese in the Red Square, I have plans to make tourist-watching a part of my grand misery travel concept for the unsurpassed enjoyment of fellow misanthropes. But that's another story. This section of my site is supposed to be nice. Check back for more options of this sort. As long as the travelling public reacts positively and the hosts are happy I'll be actively seeking, documenting and posting here more of the good and weird options up to and including being put up in a cave. Yes, we can put you up in a real centuries-old catacomb if you visit us in Dubrovki (www.rural-russia.narod.ru or www.unclepasha.com/horses_e.htm) on your way to or from St. Petersburg. $25/day for EVERYTHING, including horseback rides. Superb location between Moscow and St. Petersburg, on the Volga. Normal people please forget the above, get $45-70 per night ready, and go back to the Master List of Moscow Accommodation Offers and find something more conventional. Try www.cheap-moscow.com instead. Paul Voytinsky aka Uncle Pasha, Please use e-mail and contact us at least a couple of days before coming, but if you have unexpectedly found yourself in Moscow feel free to call us at 951-0251, 8-902-117-1527, or 959-3865, and we'll try to help. We don't normally leave people on the street. ____________ |
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