@shanggga13
What time of year is it best to visit Russia?
It’s right now: the Indian Summer. The last warm spell of the year.
We call it “Babye Leto”, or “Woman’s Summer”. It’s awfully short. It’s gentle, a humane contrast to the humid, hot, bug-ridden summer of the continental Russia.
It smells like girl’s hair wet from rain.
The vacation is over. The Instagram glow of your summerly awesomness is a memory no one cares about any longer. Yet the parks are still green. Moscow is still warm enough for romantic strolls, peripatetic discussions and several pints al fresco with little risk of catching cold.
You miss it, you can catch a second chance in Moscow when the “Golden Autumn” comes, with leaves turning red and yellow in October. But then it gets a bit too melancholic to my taste.
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