Grandma Oma's World

The Moscow Metro is one of the most amazing sights and experiences. There are nine metro lines, eight crossing the city and one going in circle connecting all the metro lines, twice. There are more lines planned that will connect the various lines further out. The metros are fast, clean and always crowded. It is the easiest and fastest way to get around. There is no graffiti anyplace (in metro stations). The only disadvantage is that the stations are far apart and once above ground there is still a lot of walking to a particular point, but that can be solved by taking buses. Unfortunately, I did not have time to learn the bus system, so we did a lot of walking. The other amazing thing is that each Metro station is different and many look like museums. There are paintings and elaborate sculptures in the stations. It was fun just just exploring a station and enjoying the art work. Most sculptures are from the Communist era Here are some samples of art work found in the stations. One...

As soon as I arrived to Buffalo airport I found out that my flight to Moscow has been changed. I made my reservations with Delta and expected to fly with Delta, but when I checked in I was told that there are some changes and that I will fly to Moscow on the Russian airline, Aeroflot. My arrival time to Moscow should be a little latter than my previously scheduled time of 11 am.  I felt that was just perfect because my friend G. was expected to get to Moscow at 4pm, so my time to wait for him would be shorter. After that I had to wait another 4 hours at the airport to catch my flight to JFK airport in New York from where my flight to Moscow would start.  JFK is a huge airport and once there I had to hustle to find the wing where Aeroflot is located. I got there in just in time, but it is interesting how the airport changes depending on what airlines are at a particular wing. Here, the shops and the the eateries were much simpler, the bathrooms less cleaner and the seating area...