There are requests for cheap places stay in Moscow, like clockwork, every month or so.

Just stumbled upon this: http://www.cheap-moscow.com/homestay.htm

Hope that this helps someone (in my university days, I stayed in a few hostels/homes of hippies/couches of fellow students.. I never had a bad experience.)

I'm scared to stay in a hostel after watching the movie "Hostel" a couple years ago! But I guess that was Slovakia which is a lot more dangerous then the Russian Federation.

I dunno. Those girls were pretty hot. Looked like a nice place to stay to me (:

Cheers!
AKDiver

what are you talking about?you're not serious about what you're saying,are you?

Hey, wasn't that Russian guy who told them about the hostel in the first place named Boris???!? Well, no, his name was Alex......but how do we know YOUR name isn't really Alex?!?! Huh? Answer me that!!! I see what is going on here!!! You stay away from me!!

Cheers!
AKDiver

They were looking pretty beat-up in that bar though.

I watched that movie with a "girl" friend of mine, and when I said I missed Europe, she said "You just miss banging all those hot chicks!" Yeah, that and staying in "safe" countries like Russia.

It doesn't seem like you looked at this site carefully. Like the page about "free" housing (storage crates, horse stalls, subway vents, etc). I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

It looks like he is a pal of RussianGirlFriday as well (I've heard her name here a few times).

In other news, tomorrow is "Russian" day for me. I am speaking Russian only for the day, to prepare for the trip. I guess that means I will post only in Russian here too.

I've stepped up my Russian language as well. Sad part is, mine is mostly dirty words and sexual advances. Maybe someday I'll get "educated" Russian down. In the mean time though... where's my Baltika?

Мне очень нравится пиво. Я люблю Балтику.

Я тоже. Моя жена говорит - два дурачка и примитив мужья. Думаю она и Галина понимают друг друга.