One-day Tour to Moscow or One Day of My New Year Holidays.

Julia Gorozhankina
Julia Gorozhankina
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5 min readJan 13, 2020

Here is and ended new year holidays! There were many pleasant moments — meetings with family, friends and relatives, delicious feasts, cool parties, a lot of trips. One of them was a trip to Moscow. No one had originally planned this little journey. And besides, how can you only go for one day? Well, let me tell you what came out of our spontaneous family decision.

There were a lot of plans for both me and my parents. But at one point, we realized that it’s been a long time since we went somewhere together. We didn’t have much time to think. Besides, my parents had another trip planned. Just a few hours later, we decided to go to the capital.

So the journey begins!

At 9 o’clock in the evening we started. There was a car, of course. Yes, and how else! This is the best. Besides, my dad drives like no other and having all categories of provisional licence has traveled all over the country. Already at 5 am we were on the spot. After breakfast, making up, we didn’t waste time and went to VDNH.

On the way to the exhibition, do not forget that there is a space exhibition complex nearby, which is no less beautiful.

And finally we are at VDNH. (24-hour entrance) Even at this early hour, there are already groups of tourists! Of course, the pavilions were still closed. But we did not have a goal to visit them, because this requires a separate day. But even without this, there is something to see. Unsurpassed views, beautiful buildings, the main skating rink of the country.

This is where most of the clips for new year’s eve are shot on channel one. This place will not leave anyone indifferent! I’m sure I’ll be back here again. Besides, I didn’t visit the pavilion of my beloved country!))

After walking around the mini-city, admiring the Ostankino tower, we took the subway and went to Kitay-Gorod.

And on elegant streets we went to the Kremlin.

We walked around the Kremlin, visited GUM, TSUM (WHERE there WAS a CAR of MY DREAMS) and went to the Kremlin. Of course, to get inside, you need to stand in line for half a day, so we decided to leave it for another time, and enjoyed the views of the Kremlin wall outside.

And at 11 o’clock the performances began. Set the stage, dancers danced, children played, sang, it was fun and festive.

By the way, not far from the Kremlin is the Lenin library.

And so, half the day passed. All this time we were going!!! And that’s not all. After a meal at the cafe, we continued our walk. After a walk on Znamenka, we went to Arbat. Our way laid through an amazing street, where the house where the amazing people lived is located.

There are three Arbats — Arbat street, Novy Arbat street, and Arbatsky lane. The first street is similar to Bolshaya Pokrovskaya in Nizhny Novgorod, the second is for cars, but less beautiful, it is no less people walking and enjoying the rest. Here you can visit a cinema, shopping centers, and of course go to the Novoarbatsky bridge over the Moscow river, which leads directly to Kutuzovsky Prospekt. This place is worth a visit, here is the House of the Government of the Russian Federation, Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow.

And of course, it’s not far from here to SKOLKOVO. A place that everyone dreams of visiting. And Yes, we have reached it! Beautiful views of the future, I want to stay here, this is the atmosphere that I love!

After enjoying the view and taking beautiful photos, we went to the pedestrian Arbat. It was dark now, and the lights were on again. The atmosphere was fabulous. We went to the shops to see Russian souvenirs and get warm. We listened to street musicians.

Unfortunately, time was running out and it was time to go back. After a snack, we went back.

We reached Arzamas in 6 hours! Much faster than to Moscow! This is fantastic!

During the day in Moscow, we have passed 39586 thousand steps, 30 kilometers! In addition to walking, we went from Kitay-Gorod to SKOLKOVO! My legs hurt for a few days, but it was worth it. We visited many beautiful beautiful places. I have long dreamed of such a walk through the streets of Moscow, and not museums, shops, and so on. Thank you to my parents for making my dream come true!

I advise everyone to make this trip!

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Julia Gorozhankina
Julia Gorozhankina

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