I visited Moscow in June, during the magnificent spring time when the flowers are blooming and the color of nature matches the glitzy domes and mosaic-like architecture all around you. No slipping on ice or bundling up in a parka for this girl! Throw away your preconceptions of old Russia and of life amongst piles of snow. Moscow represents the new and improved, open to all Russia. I was pleasantly delighted to find beer drinking at the Hermitage gardens and world class restaurants at your disposal. The city is full of life and brilliant historical monuments and museums. The only Russian word I ever learned was nyet and somehow I was able to navigate through this foreign land and survive. There is definitely something for everyone here, from the slightly creepy Lenin’s tomb walkthrough to the historic Red Square, or perhaps a visit to the Moscow zoo (kids like this)! The one bizarre aspect I distinctly remember encountering because I love photography, is that you have to pay to take pictures in certain museums. I thought you couldn’t take flashy pictures because it ruined the art?