Category: The Heritage Trails and The Hidden Gem
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Москва Day 2, Part 2: Wonders and Wanders
This day was all about Gor and Viktor Tsoi. Gor is a younger brother of a UCLA friend I met in freshman year. The UCLA buddy, David, is from Moscow. David would speak about Moscow every now and then, and I always enjoyed listening to him speak about it. At that time, however, Moscow was an…
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Москва Day 2, Part 1: Too Much to Learn
June 18, 2017. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jodutt Basrawi (@joduttbasrawi) I posted the above photo the day before after a long day of exploring. In its caption, I wrote that American schools sucked (i.e., did not adequately prepare) with teaching students about Russia. I’ll make a broader claim. The United…
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Москва Day 1: The Most Walkable Sprawl
June 17, 2017. Moscow is one of the coolest cities I have ever seen. My mom and I agreed to the following: Moscow would be a child’s favorite playground. There are zoning laws here that require a certain amount of playgrounds for every few blocks of residential and commercial buildings. The playgrounds are never too…
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Day 3: Your Neighbor was my Büyük Dede
June 12, 2017. Morning. I dreamed of driving a Volkswagen through a turnpike. The car was going too fast and I was surrounded by thunder and lightning and lots of rain. The wet roads and the car’s speed caused the car to slip off the turnpike and land onto some train tracks parallel to the…
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Day 2: Çevreyolu
June 11, 2017 Morning. I dreamed of being stuck in traffic on an İstanbul highway (çevreyolu). I almost rear-ended the car in front of me several times. After I parked my car in Sarıyer, I took a long look at the Bosphorus. My mom then showed up behind me and we walked together by the…
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