According to the graph, you have much, much heavier snowfalls, than in central Russia. We usually get first snow that formed a cover around second half of november, snow cover melts over in second half of april. Some years we got whole december without snow cover, but autumn rains instead. Precipitations in snow form more than 450mm at once considered "apocalyptic". So much for "snow covered Russia", huh?
It's not cold war, IMO. It's just how human brain works. Stereotyping saves lots of processing power
I'm trying to avoid irritation from stereotypes. Actually, i'd find some stereotypes amusing!Thank you!
Still, you got much colder weather, than in Moscow - today we got +10 Celsius and rain. I'm struggling to push myself out the house and go riding under raincooking monkey wrote: ↑Oct 11 2019 11:21pmI enjoy your pictures. No snow here yet even though I am further north than Calgary. As this picture shows from my walk last night, just mild temperatures. If you look close in the center of that picture is a big beaver, nibbling on willows right at the waters edge. He had no fear of me, I got to within 20-22 feet of him before he slowly moved away.
Your photo looks exactly like some forest around Moscow in november. If someone told me that photo taken in Meshyora - i'd totally believed! Beavers sometimes can do nasty things - they build their dams near roads and cause serious local floods. But still i like them, they such a charismatic animals.
The best months to visit Moscow IMO is may (second half) or september (also second half). In may you get fresh green grass and leafs, first hot days in year, amazing sunrises and sunsets (day's are not as long as in july, no need to extreme early wakeups). Also, many flowering gardens most beautiful in may. In second half of september autumn starts to blast its colors and it's not so rainy and cold as in october.
I'm team lead/electronics engineer. I run small task force in ecology/waste management IT company. Automotive telematics, fill level sensors, air quality solutions - that sort of stuff. I live in Donskoy district (south of Moscow center), office with electronics technicians are near Botanical garden (north of center), management and software engineers office in Basmanny district (just a bit east of center). Its about 22 kilometers and 40 minutes ride from me to Botanical garden, and about 10 kilometers and 20 minutes ride from me to management office. Average speed limited by traffic lights and crossings (it's always center of Moscow between me and my destinations). Some days i visit both offices, some days i work from home - i have very turbulent work hours.
Yep, you right: oceans and seas are far away from Moscow, so we got either hot summer days or humid summer days, but never both
Sochi or Vladivostok can be hot and humid, no match to Florida though.Sochi is surprisingly big and old (~ish) town. Many small towns and villages cramped between sea and mountains considered as "Sochi" too. That part of Sochi is typical summer resort - crowded, busy, not a "ghost town" at all. Another part is Rosa-khutor, it is a winter resort for skiing, high in the mountains from sea part. "Ghost town" you talking about - it's olympic village and other sporting infrastructure builded in hurry for 2012 Olympics. Those objects can be found all over Sochi.
Thank you!
Thank you! My monthly average mileage is about 500-100 km (from april to november). From december to march - far less mileage due to slippery conditions
Yep, funny coincidence
I've noticed that when i posted here about my rides with wild students (first page of this topic, when we met actual elks). Abandoned buildings and closed business make me sad. There's plenty of them even by me, north of Chicago. Just makes me think of wasted resources and jobs lost to China.
