Where in the World is Cat?

My first living accomodations in Moscow. I stayed in a traditional Soviet-era apartment building, however the apartment I stayed in had just been "remodeled". There are two types of remodeling in Russia - Russian and European remodleing. European remodeling is what we Americans would consider a remodeling job - fixing up old with the new. Russian remodeling is fixing up the old with other old things - wallpaper, paint, wood - that have never been used before - even if the materials are 20 years old. Thus the 20 year-old wallpaper on my bedroom walls (below). The apartment was simple, but comfortable.

















And then there is the courtyard area outside the apartments. I should mention that the apartment building was located in the Old Olympic Village - a series of apartment buildings hastily built for the 1980 Summer Olympics.