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Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
This building in Moscow was my hotel for a few days. My host suggested it as it is within walking distance from their office. The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel (Хилтон Москоу Ленинградская) designed by Leonid Polyakov, completed in 1954 is one of Moscow’s seven Stalinist skyscrapers built in the early 1950s. The Stalinist architecture abandoned modernity in favor of
St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
I(Chris) visited Moscow for a few days in March 2016. Never been to Russia before – so these posts will sound a bit touristy. Please bear with me. St. Basil’s Cathedral is a very iconic building of Moscow, if not the entire Russia (to non-Russians). Much of what I have included here came from Wikipedia.
Hilarity in names #7
This is no. 7 in a series of posts that is about funny business names or signs that we saw. Since we visited Japan recently, we would make this post a Tokyo special. See Hilarity in names #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6 at the respective link. “WOMB” “Master Bunny Edition” – a line of Golf wear, really.
Tokyo Food Diary part 5: snacks
The earlier posts in this series are all about Japanese convenience/comfort foods that we have been eating some exported versions of them outside Japan (Part 1 is about noodles, part 2 about izakaya, part 3 is about grilled foods as well as tonkatsu and curry, and part 4 is about wagashi. Japanese snacks is an entire world
