Tuesday, May 02, 2006

McDonald's Won the Cold War, Moscow

I wasn't surprised to see McDonalds spread across Taipei and other major cities in China and Japan, but was not expecting such a large presence in Moscow. The largest McDonald's in Europe is located in Pushkin Square, about a mile north of the Kremlin. 24 registers wait on customer lines sometimes 10 deep I'm told during the busier times. Glad that's not when I was there. :) This McDonald's is just outside of the Cathedral of Visily the Blessed, not far from the Rolex billboard. You can sit outside and eat your Big Mac while you admire the red bricks of the Kremlin wall just some 25 yards away.

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