Friendly Local Guides: December 2013

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

New Year 2015 in Moscow

Already planning your New Year's night 2015?
Our guides will be happy to celebrate this Christmas and New Year 2015 with you! Moscow rocks on December 31. Be part of it, be part of local CRAZINESS! :) We will organize everything for you and make sure your only job will be to relax, enjoy, eat, drink and have time of your life!

Moscow is going to be a Winter Princess in all Christmas and New Year decorations

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Pedestrian areas will amaze you with glowing waves, balls and lights on the trees. At the Bolshoi Theatre you'll see huge candelabra with candles, on Gogol Boulevard will grow a fountain of blue lights, on Chistoprudny bulvar you'll sit on the benches with snowmen and colored glowing animals.
It will be a lot of fun, joy and positive festive atmosphere!

Local parks will entertain you with bright and colorful activities

All atmosphere is AMAZING! Let us show you magic side of Moscow and get you to places which only locals know about and you will enjoy every minute of your time

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Where to go in Moscow on New Year's Eve

Everybody is crazy preparing to Christmas, and we are extremely excited too! Here are some of ideas from our blogs in Facebook and Google+. Our ideas are all about where to go, what to see and what to do, and how to have fun in Moscow! Enjoy!

Fact 29.
1. Today, December 14, we are going to Family Day in Design Factory "Flakon".
What's there? Spruce garden gastronomic festival "Russian Winter" with products from different regions! Russian crafts! Handmade christmas presents! This should be fun!

2. Moscow will host a festival of ice sculptures. During the Christmas holidays, citizens and visitors will be able not only to see the huge ice sculptures, but also take part in creating them!
When: 2-11 January 2014

3. December 22 everyone will be able to participate in a costume flashmob of Santa Clauses. Gathering place - station "Warm place" at the crossroads of the Kuznetsky bridge and Rozhdestvenka street, beginning at 12:30 pm. To participate you need to come in a suit of Santa Claus and bring a Christmas toy

4. TsUM, as always, amazes us with its extravagance. This year it is Baroque style. Each showcase has its own story: confectionery , beauty and perfume boutique, picnic, dance, retro studio, walk in the royal forest and theater scene. Very baroque palette of white, blue, cream, pink and gold colors. Very beautiful!

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

New Year's Foods in Russia

If you're lucky to visit Russia during Christmas and New Year, taste Russian cuizine and make a wish, and you may be sure it'll come true! Let's have a closer look at what we have for New Year's Eve dinner

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1) Pancakes with sour cream and red caviar.
Make a little trick on your friends: tell that it's a whipped cream with jam and just watch their reaction)))

2) Dressed herring or herring in “shuba-coat”

It's a layer cake of salt herring and boiled vegetables covered by "coat" of mayonnaise and grated beets. So Russian! You will like it after a shot of vodka ;)

3) Olivier or Russian salad

Perhaps it'll shock those who have never been to Russia, but it's just potato salad seasoned with lots of vegetables and sausage above. Very tasty! And nutritious. Just what you need on the main night of the year.

4) Marinade
Marinade mushrooms, pickled tomatoes, sauerkraut. Adults snack this with vodka - so delicious!

5) Jelly
Meat jelly. The idea does not seem normal, but it is part of Russian food culture, and there is space to creativity! You can make different shapes.

6) Pork fat, and the more it is - the better. Eat it with brown bread and onion! No cold will get you after it.

7) Kvass or rye beer
It's a grain-juicy drinking and it is slightly alcoholic. Drunk instead of water on New Year's night

8) Sandwich with herring, mayonnaise and pickles
All the ingredients are a snack to vodka. Plus mayonnaise, because WHY NOT. This dish is also popular in the Netherlands, only without spirits.

9) Vinaigrette
Beets, potatoes, pickled cucumbers and pickled cabbage are very frequent ingredients for Russian cuisine, so it is not surprising that one has a separate dish of them!
Yes, we are vegetable people.

10) Vareniki
The filling may be any: meat, mushrooms, cottage cheese, berries. On New Year's and Christmas's night, we like playing and fill some vareniks with some paper, a coin, extreme amount of salt or pepper. The person who gets one of these is considered foxy (salt), grumpy (pepper), rich (coin), clever (paper).

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Christmas in Moscow

Hello December! Time to explore the Christmas Fairs for presents and fun!
The main fair is opened at the Red Square

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2000 m2 imbued with a festive atmosphere, where you can buy author toys. The square will be covered 23 colorful houses, where you can taste traditional food: pancakes, eggs, baked potato with mushrooms and cucumbers, mulled wine, Viennese waffles and roasted chestnuts.

In the festively decorated houses and benches you can get traditional Russian Zhostov trays, khokhloma toys, Orenburg shawls and gingerbread, as well as modern art gifts, Christmas decorations, Christmas gifts and fluffy green tree.

Every week from Thursday to Sunday will perform musicians, dancers, jugglers and clowns, and every weekend Santa Claus himself will come to the fair to greet guests and play with children.

When: December 1, 2013 - January 19, 2014

Now that i's officially winter and cold, we want to keep you warm and will make best coffee shops in Moscow as a must-do on our tours.Hope you are excited! We are. Very! :)

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