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Sunday 23 September 2012

191:On your bike*

I flew back to Moscow overnight on Friday. The flight was pleasant enough. It started out 1½ hours late but they made up a lot of the time with a strong tail wind. We landed just after 5 a.m. and I went home to bed. It's difficult to sleep on the plane - there's always the fear of missing out on any food or alcohol that is being given away!
On the way to the airport I stopped off at Baker Street to visit a shop. I didn't visit the Sherlock Holmes' museum but as I know that he is familiar to every Russian I took a photo of the building. Looks a popular place.

Also on Baker Street I saw a line of bikes waiting to be hired. These are known colloquially as Boris's Bikes after Boris Johnson who was mayor of London when the scheme began (and still is).
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/15150.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays_Cycle_Hire

On the subject of transport, I went for a run in Park Dubki yesterday afternoon and came across a marquee, sponsored by Skoda, where they were promoting Road Safety to young children. Moscow's roads can be quite dangerous at times (as, of course, can the roads in any big city) so any initiative to make youngsters more aware of the dangers is to be warmly welcomed.




*On your bike = go away (often used as an expression of annoyance)
= Катись от сюда! ; прочь!, проваливай!, вали отсюда!

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