Lost in Moscow 迷失在莫斯科

The word “lost” here, refer to getting lost.
這裡指的迷失，是真的迷路了。

Lost = not knowing where you are and how to get to a place. (Cambridge Dictionary)

Having been to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, I found that Saint Petersburg was far more suitable for tourists.
到過兩個俄羅斯城市，莫斯科和聖彼德堡，整體感覺上聖彼得堡比莫斯科更適合遊客旅遊。

Metro is tourist’s first choice of transportation. However, there is only Russian in Moscow metro. Fine, I still can recognize the symbols. But, even if you are in the right direction, you’d find the information board saying different from what you believe the place you are. (Of course, in my eye, these are all symbols lol) Theoretically, those signs should point to the line of that metro station or next station (at least the oldest metro in the world, Tube is like that) But for me, I didn’t know which direction I should look for, to left or right? What’s more, I was not sure that station I was in if was on the same line. Even though I asked the local for help, they took few minutes to figure out the direction as well. Well, I know I was saying like a mess. But in reality, I was really confused.
地鐵是遊客主要使用的交通工具，其好處不用多講。而莫斯科地鐵站內的站名全部只有俄文，也算了，還可以看著指示牌對著每一個符號。然而，即使你好像找對了，你走向月台看指示牌，這裡所標示的地鐵站(在我眼中，又是符號)又不一樣，理論上這些牌子應該是標示這條線的地鐵站，或下一個站。(起碼最古老的地鐵—倫敦是這樣)首先我已看不到應該向左看還是向右看，這已可造成搭錯方向，二來線上的站我看不到那一個是在和我乘搭的相同，這種疑幻似真的感覺很奇妙。當然，這種感覺不只我獨有，連我請當地人問路，他們都要弄了一段時間才能找到方向。

Next, the exit of metro station in Moscow had no marks. That means no Exit A / B / C…etc. If there is only one exit, of course no problem at all. But the point is sometimes there are some exits. And one trouble is some exits are connected to another metro station. So that means I have to think carefully where am I before I go out of the exit. I remember once, I was looking for a restaurant. Google map said that it took only 5-minute walk from the metro station to there. But accidentally, I walked to another metro station. Then I took the metro back to the same station and walked again. Searching around the exit, finally, I found the restaurant.
再來，莫斯科的地鐵站出囗大多是沒有標示，即是沒有出囗ABC。假若只有一個出口當然沒有問題，但涉及幾個出囗就麻煩。還有一個煩上加煩的問題，就是一個地鐵站會連接不同路線，例如在香港的，旺角站連接觀塘線和荃灣線，但是不同香港的，這些地鐵站要轉線就好像尖沙咀站走到尖東站，尖沙咀咀和尖東站有各自出囗，但這裡是用同一個地鐵站。可想而知，每次站在出囗前都要先思考自己的位置。有次我想找一間餐廳，從之前google map 得知我應該從出口那一方走，直行拐彎只需五分鐘左右，但走著走著，我到了另一個地鐵站。我不忿氣，乘地鐵站回頭再找多次，結果，原來我的出口是較近餐廳，不用轉灣直行就是了。

So in Moscow, be prepared of getting lost.
在莫斯科，要用心理準備隨時會迷路。

On the other hand, the design of Moscow metro is really incredible. It must be another kind of ‘lost’ for photography lovers and tourists.
另一邊廂，莫斯科的地鐵站在設計上的確是美輪美奐，相信對攝影愛好者或其他旅人是另一種的迷失！

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