Moscow May 2016

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic Sprint	Dam Sprint	Start time
29 May	Moscow-VDNX	35			07:47

          Staying with a friend near VDNX. Took a lovely run through a park. I guess it’s near VDNX, but not very close. There are about 8 bus stops between the BDNX metro station and the apartment.

The beautiful thing was that the park is full of green and fresh air. Moscow is a huge city, but there are trees and parks everywhere. Each apartment block has an area where the kids and play and the people can sit and rest.  Contrast this with Tirana where there is hardly anywhere for kids to play and relax. Even the sidewalks in Tirana are ridiculous. In Tirana, they plant trees IN the sidewalk. The sidewalk starts out a comfortable width, but then, they dig up the dig holes in the concrete and plant trees, making it impossible to push a stroller down the path, or even walk 2 abreast.  This is why so many people don’t bother with the sidewalks at all and walk in the street.