“Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway”, a primary school child would probably answer that if you ask him/her to define “sidewalk” for you.
But of course if you are in Moscow you ought to be ready for a surprise. Sidewalk apparently is a place to park your car in this space starved city!!!
Don’t get what I am talking about? Probably a picture will explain better…
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| Beautiful sidewalk on the banks of Moscow River: Chock-a-block with cars (L). Car parked on a busy sidewalk (R) |
It is actually customary to drive your car up the curb and park in a way such that half of your car body is on the street and other half on the sidewalk.
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According to one article published in the Moscow Times *, the rule of parking in Moscow is simple:
“Park your car wherever and however you feel like – on the sidewalk, on a playground – and preferably so it sticks out onto the roadway or blocks other cars. In fact, if you can figure out how to park it in a tree, go for it.”
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| Probably this is not too bad for the bearings of cars |
* June 18th article in Moscow Times, a local newspaper of Moscow
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