Last night was a bit of an epic adventure... We started out, the 7 of us, (6 Americans and one Russian girl, Stella) at the movie theater, pretty much not caring what we saw since we were pretty much just in it for the language anyway. We ended up seeing this American/Indian film called "My Name is Khan," which was a very cheesy movie about a Muslim Indian Asperger's dude who inexplicably marries a total hottie and then teaches America a valuable lesson about tolerance. yeah. But, I understood all of the Russian in it! Good to know my vocabulary matches that of the mentally challenged.
I will have to preface this (especially for my mom! hi mom!) that if you miss the last train at 12:45am, your options are to either stay out all night or take a cab home, and cabs are not only expensive but there's no guarantee you won't be robbed or kidnapped, so really, staying out is the best option!
Post-cheesefest, we headed out to the clubs. Stella went home and another Russian girl, Marina, met us. After a brief pre-game, (as Paige put it, "I'm going to take a time out and just evaluate that I am drinking a Pilsner after midnight in an alleyway, in Moscow. This is my life right now.") we found a club called Karma Bar. I'll give this club a C+... the music was pretty much just dance mixes of American songs from the early 2000s (think "Jenny from the Block"), there were no cool lights or anything, the drinks were stupid expensive (I think I'm going to compose an index of how much a gin and tonic costs at every bar we go to as a reference. Here, 390 roubles (like $13...)) and the crowd was kinda old and a little unattractive.
At 2am, we exited Karma, mid-gamed in the same alley, and flew off to Teatro. This club definitely gets a solid B+/A-. WAY better music, a more attractive crowd (although there were admittedly tons of 16-18 year olds...) and cool atmosphere, complete with creepy giant python in a cage. I danced another hour, but by this point I was completely exhausted and my feet were killing me, so Lilia and I searched out a free booth and effectively had an hour long nap while the others watched a pole dancing competition. Jenny's shoulder was licked. That's all I'm saying there.
At 5, we nightcapped at a cafe called Etazh, which I give an A. Really awesome atmosphere with trance music and hookah, and totally reasonably priced. We had a pineapple hookah smoked through wine instead of water. Class, right? At 6 we headed out for the Metro, and I was in bed as the sun rose at 7. Hell yes.
sounds like an expensive evening kchan. though I suppose women can get into clubs for cheap/free anyway so it's not as bad as it could be
ReplyDeleteI like how the grades get better as the night goes on (defo happens to me too).
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