Cheap accommodation in exchange for English
"decently substandard" ROOM/COUCH/APARTMENT OFFER FROM MARGARITA & her two kids
- Hot water, telephone, kitchen
- 10 min. walk to M. Nagatinskaya
- Direct bus to Red Square, 25 min.
- Near ski-lift
- 10 min. walk from the International Post Office
- Easy access to Domodedovo & Vnukovo airports
- A list of attractions nearby coming up
- Laissez faire atmosphere
- Two reasonably well behaved kids
- Be warned that the gloomy anti-social owner of this site there occasionally.
- Kids welcomed, babysitting can easily be arranged
- Suggested contribution to cover your share of rent & housekeeping expenses: $15/night if affordable. Otherwise you'll have to spend even more time working on my English.
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A few towards the center from the hill behind her house. |
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One of the last factory neighbourhoods falling victim to mass "office-ization" of Moscow. |
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A vestiges of late 30s- early 50s propaganda art in front of the building. |
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10-15 min. walk along the "misery trail" to Metro Nagatinskaya. |
You are on one of Moscow Metro's oldest lines. Easy access to lots of attractions. Examples:
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| Metro Tulskaya | Donskoy Monastery, a big "authentic" country market, and Donskiye bathes, one of the major centers of gay activity in Moscow | |||
| Metro Serpukhovskaya | Within walking distance to the Gorky park and Paveletsky station. | |||
| Metro Polyanka | Zamoskvorechye district: Tretyakov Fine Arts Gallery, lots of little museums and artists workshops, banks, and eating establishments. | |||
| Borovitskaya | 300 yards from the visitors' entrance to the Kremlin and to Alexander Garden | |||
| Chekhovskaya | The beginning of Tverskaya street. The center of Moscow-the-glamourous. | |||
| Tsvetnoy Boulevard | The "old" circus. | |||
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| Savelovskaya | One of larger computer and electronics markets. Not recommended unless you are a seasoned traveller. | |||
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| Timeryazyevskaya | Equestrian museum | |||
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Added in February 2006 Last update March 6, 2006
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Margarita (Rita, Margo) is a friendly outgoing character AND IS GREATLY MOTIVATED TO PRACTICE HER ENGLISH. Getting her to act as your guide around Moscow clubs, entirely free of charge, will be easy. |
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A view from the back of the building. |
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From Ulitsa Nagornaya |
| coming up | Inside the apartment. All the essentials are there but expect no "luxury". This is a former "communal" apartment in a building destined for demolition, with all it implies. |
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Among neighbourhood attractions is the famous
Altra Vita clinic.
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Margarita and her son Bogdan by the fireplace at my dacha (see www.staritsa.info/staritsa.htm or www.russian-horse-rides.com ) |
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Her other son Arkady, 4 |
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Among the neighbourhood's attractions is the Central International Post Office, the best place to send small items out of the country. |
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ski lift |
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I will expect you not just to speak with me but to correct me errors in a no-nonsense manner. If you are a PC proponent who thinks everyone is entitled to his version of English, I will be disappointed. - Margarita |