1120pm sitting in a wagon at Kievskaya station (central Moscow) with several other youngish folks. Doors still open waiting to move off toward Smolenskaya station one stop down the line (also central Moscow) and a purposeful, intelegent looking lady in her mid 50s steps in. Announcing to the whole wagon and to nobody in particular ‘is this central?’ (Eto v senter?).
Being completely ingored was to be expected with a question like that on that train at that station as we were in the center of Moscow on a train line with several central stops either side of our station one of which is the end of the line. So in short she was already in the center and only going to stay in the center or stay on the train and head out of the center.
Anyway the whole carrige kept blank faces or continued thier conversations only to be interrupted by a now agressive and not so intelegent looking lady repeating her question only louder, ‘is this central?’ (Eto v center?).
Another pause with still no answer saw her demanding, ‘answer my question!‘ (atverchaet moi vopros).
The guy opposite me broke the impass and asked her politely, ‘center of what?‘ (Kakoe v center?)
Snapping back, ‘center of Moscow!’ (vsenter Moskva).
Still politely the guy replied ‘this is the center!’ (eto vsenter Moskva!)
Realizing that she wasn’t going to get the information that she was looking for she got off. The guy didn’t say anything after that, just looked as amazed as I think I looked wondering what the hell just happened there.
Moscow Metro is great!
