A zero day back to Moscow

 I finished two towns 苏兹达里 суздаль and 弗拉基米尔 владимир yesterday, and walked a lot, so I took today easy, just to transport myself back to Moscow. Since I was stressed out last time buying an express train ticket at the train terminal, I attempted to book one online. However, the booking info request was frustrating. Fortunately, my young biker hostelmate figured out and finally booked my 2nd choice ticket, while my 1st choice was gone while we were trying.  My hostelmate is an architect college student so he speaks enough English to communicate with me. I ended up getting on a sleeping seat and had a 2-hr nap on the train back to Moscow. 

Russian people are generally friendly and helpful, although they were intimidated by my English at the beginning. Once they realize I need help, they will find young people to intervene and tried to help. 

Since Russia is still under sanction, no Western credit card work here. I was forced to spend one hour to open a debit card with a Russian bank, so I have a card to pay for things easily.  

I also got used to the Moscow subway system,  since they list both Russian and English for each station. It just takes concentration to follow each stop until my destination stop. 

I re-checked in my hostel in Moscow and found my power back that was left behind, did the laundry, went to bed early to catch some sleep. Of course, I like my room in 苏兹达里 суздаль much better, that has a balcony and cottage feel, full dinning room, unlimited water, coffe, tea, and close to a supermarket. Oh, well, make most out of what I have now.

Liqueur is pretty cheap in Russia, even cheaper than the country of origin.  For example, a 500-ml limoncello costs 10 euro in a southern Italian supermarket, yet costs only $3.6 in a Russian village supermarket. I bought the smallest size liqueur in the supermarket for about $1, a 100-ml Captain Woof rum, pretty tasty.