We landed on time and have settled in to our somewhat temporary housing, the Moscow Sheraton Palace (see pic for the sign). It's not a palace by any stretch of the imagination, but it's better than the hotel accommodations we had in NYC.
We looked at a few more apartments on Tuesday and found one we really like, but there is a catch (isn't there always?). The apartment is available now and we don't need it until August since our belongings won't hit St. Petersberg until late July and the cost is $5,500. We were told the rent is 'negotiable' (I believe that is the case for everything here), so we offered $4,500/month and that we would occupy in August. It is now Saturday and we have not heard back, so we expect that our offer will be rejected.
You may have noticed that it has been quite a while between posts. That is because we are still negotiating the Internet price with the hotel. They are asking $30/day, we are proposing much less. I'm a big fan of FREE given that the daily rate for the room for the first 3 days was 22,700 Rubles (that's just shy of $1,000). Until we reach agreement on a much lower rate the posts will be somewhat sporadic.
Do Svedanya.
We looked at a few more apartments on Tuesday and found one we really like, but there is a catch (isn't there always?). The apartment is available now and we don't need it until August since our belongings won't hit St. Petersberg until late July and the cost is $5,500. We were told the rent is 'negotiable' (I believe that is the case for everything here), so we offered $4,500/month and that we would occupy in August. It is now Saturday and we have not heard back, so we expect that our offer will be rejected.
You may have noticed that it has been quite a while between posts. That is because we are still negotiating the Internet price with the hotel. They are asking $30/day, we are proposing much less. I'm a big fan of FREE given that the daily rate for the room for the first 3 days was 22,700 Rubles (that's just shy of $1,000). Until we reach agreement on a much lower rate the posts will be somewhat sporadic.
Do Svedanya.
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