Hi Bruce - we did not bring any kitchen ware over …there are many good cook shops( basement @European Mall.
For glasses etc go to Ikea and get everything you want - an inexpensive option. Regards On 15 Apr, 2015, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New arrival, intro, questions... (Bruce Hoult) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:17:31 +1200 > From: Bruce Hoult <[email protected]> > Subject: Expat List New arrival, intro, questions... > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <camu+ekz3gla+dzock8dvvwe9svrnhdtjkyoz_ok8+ma2z4r...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > Today I picked up my 3 year work visa and booked flights from New Zealand > to Moscow, arriving next Monday. > > I was there for two weeks in December, working in the same office I'll be > in (I've been working remotely since July), so I've had a little bit of a > chance to look around, though not very thorough. > > I'm planning to live in the area between Savelovskaya and Mar'ina Roshcha > metro stations. > > - the most urgent question, which I need to decide in the next three days: > should I take kitchen things or buy them there? Saucepan set, crockery, > cutlery, cups and glasses etc will be easy and not worth taking I expect. > But I do a pretty large proportion of my cooking in a large wok and heavy > cast iron skillets. The few native Russian contacts I have are baffled by > the question of whether such a thing can be purchased in Moscow -- they > don't have one, their friends don't have one. > > Of course it is a very large city, and asian people do live there. > Everything must be available somewhere! > > I'm not planning to take very much with me from NZ. I'll need things like > this more or less immediately, and shipping with DHL will cost about > US$10/kg. At 1.4 kg for my small cast iron skillet, and 6.9 kg for my wok > that's going to cost basically the same as I paid for them! But if it's > going to be hard or impossible to find them in Moscow then it's maybe worth > it, > > > - Banks. Where should I open an account? Aside from the obvious things such > as cards and ATMs, which banks (or other companies) are the best for doing > currency exchange and sending, say, $5k - $10k at a time home from Russia? > I'd prefer something with, say, a fixed $15 or $20 fee than someone who > takes a percent or more out of the amount transferred. Is there a reason to > use foreign banks such as Citi or Rabo, or are local ones as good/better?n > > > - Restaurants. I've looked around in Raikin Plaza and the Ashan Siti just > over the railway lines on Sheremetyevskaya, but there seems to be a > shortage of restaurants in the area, unless you go in to the garden ring, > at least according to Google Maps. Is there anything suitable for regular > use? i.e. cheap prices (def under 1000 RUB) but good (not fancy) food; > healthy selection with salads, veg etc; ability to be in and out in 30 or > 40 minutes rather than a drawn out dining "experience". > > Is there anything like that anywhere in Moscow, for that matter? > > > - recommendation for rental car companies. I'd like to grab a car for a > weekend sometime soon after I arrive, while I can still drive on my NZ > license/International Permit, see what it's really like to drive in Moscow, > maybe head out of town e.g. maybe up towards Yaroslavl and look at the > Volga and churches. Cheap and reliable is important. I don't care if it's > 5+ years old with a few dings and 100,000 miles on the clock. I've driven > in LA, SF, Seattle, Chicago, New York, DC. It can't be worse, right? When I > was there in December I was struck by the fact that although the traffic > was very heavy, and people were pretty assertive about changing lanes, no > one seemed to get upset about it and I didn't spot any collision damaged > cars. > > I think that's all for now :) > > Thanks for any advice. > > Bruce > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20150415/00a5d677/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > > End of Expat Digest, Vol 126, Issue 6 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
