April 21, 2005
hamish in moscow
Hamish writes about his recent trip to Moscow:
I walked from my hotel to the Kremlin, along the Moscow river. Got to Red Square, and it was cordoned off, I guess they were getting ready for some kind of state celebration, like “Celebration of Tractors in Space Five Year Production Planning Heros” day, or somesuch.
The guards who stopped me laughed, when I asked if I could go in, and said the only thing in English that they seemed to want to. “Twenty dollars.” They laughed, and I laughed, and I wonder how serious they were. Not sure that all Red Square guards are elite guards, but sure as hell I have no idea about the delicate etiquette of bribing them.
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