When planning a trip to Moscow, one hears about the Metro as in "You MUST ride the Metro." OK. We'll ride the Metro. I'm thinking London's Tube (Mind the Gap continues to be an all-time favorite piece of wisdom stolen from the warning painted on the station floor); D.C.'s pristine system; even New York has cleaned up its act.
I never asked; nor did anyone volunteer exactly WHY we should ride the Metro. I assumed it was due to some technological genius. Super fast bullet trains. Maybe instead of tickets, the turnstyles scanned our retinas or fingerprints.
Wrong.
The Moscow Metro is a museum and an art gallery and might qualify for LEED certification due to the advanced air filtration system. It contains frescoes, sculptures and reliefs. One station was commissioned to honor Stalin (and is dubbed "Stalin's Birthday Party"); another has almost-human figures that our guide tells us are almost ghostlike and she doesn't go to the station after dark for fear these bronze souls will reach out and grab her. (Russians are incredibly superstitious).
I only hope Rahm has a chance to travel on the Moscow Brown Line - Chicago will never be the same!
Enjoy the snapshots. Hard to believe they are in a train station....
On the ceiling
Legend has it that it is good luck for men to touch the pistols on these soldiers.
The reliefs - don't visit at night!
I never asked; nor did anyone volunteer exactly WHY we should ride the Metro. I assumed it was due to some technological genius. Super fast bullet trains. Maybe instead of tickets, the turnstyles scanned our retinas or fingerprints.
Wrong.
The Moscow Metro is a museum and an art gallery and might qualify for LEED certification due to the advanced air filtration system. It contains frescoes, sculptures and reliefs. One station was commissioned to honor Stalin (and is dubbed "Stalin's Birthday Party"); another has almost-human figures that our guide tells us are almost ghostlike and she doesn't go to the station after dark for fear these bronze souls will reach out and grab her. (Russians are incredibly superstitious).
I only hope Rahm has a chance to travel on the Moscow Brown Line - Chicago will never be the same!
Enjoy the snapshots. Hard to believe they are in a train station....
On the ceiling
Legend has it that it is good luck for men to touch the pistols on these soldiers.The reliefs - don't visit at night!
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