Speedy Escalator's

In another rendition of "Remember When" generated by the internet, I had a lovely reminder today of a trip   a grand journey that I was on nearly 10 years ago.   In 2001, I and 3 extremely close friends ventured from our doors and traveled around the world with little more than 30 pounds of gear in our backpacks, our friendship, some money, and a willingness to experience food and customs far and wide.

One of the places we had the great fortune to visit was Russia, and specifically, as related to this web echo, the city of Moscow's subway system.  Unfortunately, I just checked my photo archive, and I don't have a single photo of any of the fantastic stations.  The only notes I can dig up are the travelogue that I wrote in June 2001, "Underground Touring."  (Please excuse the formating, the Virtual Tourist website has apparently changed their rendering language since it was written.  OOh, and a factual error about a station name  Mosokovskaya should be Mayakovskaya)

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