24 hour sushi restaurants, Mac Donald’s and Starbucks everywhere, gleaming Chanel and Dior boutiques, businessmen so rich they can afford to shower in champagne…

Far away are the gloomy days of the Soviet Union. But lurking beneath the shiny shops windows, there are still places where you can have a taste of the old days.

Guillaume made a first immersion at the local post office (!) – check out his post. If for example you need to send a parcel, you will probably need to buy stamps for the parcel at one window, but collect the stamps at another, then get your parcel weighed at a third window, before finally having it set through a fourth window.

We also had an interesting experience at the train station while trying to book our tickets to Moscow where anarchic queuing and aggressive crowds maded us truly appreciate the patience of the Soviet citizen.

Welcome back to the USSR!