Phoebes walk nu på söndag den 9:e januari - 'Light'

Phoebe Taplin kör i gång 2011 med en promenad redan på söndag med start kockan 16. Träffpunkt är vid Chisti Prudi och temat är 'Ljus'. Hon planerar att besöka Ljusmuseet, ett El-verk samt sju stycken stearinljus-upplysta kyrkor och avslutning med en rysk Jul-marknad, 5 km och medium tempo - låter spännande - det är bara att hänga på för den som är intresserad. Se mer info nedan:

This year's walks kick off with an exploratory urban stroll 

and cafe crawl on Sunday evening. Don't forget to 

phone 89264644352 if you can't find the meeting 
place.
 
Sunday 9th Januray - Meet at 4pm prompt near the statue of 

Gribeyedov outside Chisty Prudy Metro Station (on Chistoprudny Bulvar)

for an after-dark stroll whose theme is "light", passing  the museum 

of  lights (about 50 R if it's open), the power station and seven 

candlelit churches. Ends at the Christmas market on Ploschad Revolutsii 
around 8pm, allowing plenty of time for exploring on the way... 5km, 
medium-slow.
 
Monday 10th January - Moscow's Top ten tram rides, part 1 - 

Meet near the Starbucks, just inside the Shuka shopping centre 

at Shukinskaya metro, at 10am to explore the village of Troitse 

Lykovo and the river by foot and tram (about 
4km, medium). Returning to Shukinskaya for about 12.30. 

After that, for those that wish, the exploration by tram 

continues to Voikovskaya (lunch in Grabli 
around 1pm) and then Dmitrovskaya, Novoslobodskaya and finally 

to Lefortovo for an after-dark trip,(probably) finishing 

at Kurskaya around 6pm, but with opportunities to get 
away earlier if you need to. 
 
 
Tuesday 11th January - Elizabeth's Moscow - meet at 

10am in or near Macdonalds in the Alexandrovsky Gardens 

(close to Red Square) to follow in the footsteps of 
the Empress Elizabeth. Starting with an exploration of 

the old University (which she founded), we will cross the 

river and visit the Elizabeth exhibition in the Tretyakov (360 roubles). 

If there is still time after lunch, we will catch the 
tram up to Pokrovka to explore a few more mansions and churches 

with Elizabethan associations, finishing at Kurskaya again by 2.30pm

You can leave at 1pm at Novokuznetskaya if you prefer. 

total walking about 4km, medium-slow)
 
Thursday 13th January – An all day out-of-town trip to the old 

town of Zaraisk. Meet at 10am in the “Subway” sandwich cafe-kiosk 

outside Vykhino metro station (south end of the purple line – about 

half an hour from town centre). We will catch the next bus to Zaraisk, 

2 hours or more outside Moscow, explore the town and return by 8pm. 

Warning: This is an exploratory trip so I don’t know when the 
buses leave or exactly where we’re going, but it should be fun anyway.