Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013
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Yesterday and today have not been the nicest days - I'm sick at home with a flu. The doctor just came by and wanted to give me sick leave until the end of next week. This seemed to be very peculiar as a lot of my new Russian colleagues are often sick for relatively long periods. Well, I might not get used to it, yet. Told the doctor to give me sick leave until Sunday - had to promise him to check with him if things are not ok by Sunday, though.
Besides the fact that I didn't wear the jeans nor left the house, I can state in my defense that the weather wasn't that tempting ether. It simply stayed dim and grey all day with drizzly rain. No sight yet of the infamous Russian winter here…
I decided to use the time for some indoor activities instead: measuring and washing a new Merz b. Schwanen Loopwheeled tee.
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Since we are at home I'll take the opportunity to show you the current state of the affairs with our new home for the next 3 years…
It is a very tiny apartment in a pre-revolutionary building in the center of Moscow, tucked away in a quiet side street. Most things can be reached by foot or metro. The metro station is only a block away. It consists of a medium sized living room awaiting our furniture from Germany. So far, it houses our guest bed/couch and a TV.
I spend a good portion of the day trying to hook up the TV with a IPTV box. This box is of local providence, local language setting, no hand book and all online information available is in the local language, too. This will most likely be the source of a lot of future entertainment…
I managed to get 8 Russian programs out of this box… -
Here is the view from the window into the back yard.
I believe the building you can see is part of the Spanish embassy.In all rooms and above all windows we have motion detectors.
In addition to the security system all doors are massive…
You have to get through 2 of these babies in order to get into the apartment. Not to mention the house doors and the concierge. Pretty scary, but people try to make me believe it is necessary here.Guest bathroom
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Burglaries, breaking in through windows, etc…
There is a lot of black and white here in Moscow and not much in between. A lot of extremely rich people and not always for the right reasons. So, a lot of envy and vendetta related stuff happening.
People are very cautious about protecting their property/fortune as they have absolutely no confidence or trust (and frankly speaking very little reason for doing so) in banks, insurance companyies, police, government, state or jurisdiction.
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Place looks really nice. Can't imagine you residing in a bad neighbourhood, though… What are the security issues the locals have told/ warned you about?..
Did I mention the panic button our new landlord gave us - I thought that was way over the top.
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Foxy, those are some great shots! Nice update!
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Have a safe trip!! and merry christmas！！
