Hostel Tramp Moscow

... should have been a 15 minute journey had taken us over an hour.

We had been feeling quite anxious about the journey ahead due to the cramped conditions on the Budapest to Moscow train, and also because we had read a lot of reviews which said that the journey and the scenery were very boring and you are guaranteed to get muscular atrophy. Not the romantic image I had being trying to convince Dave of since we first decided to do the journey.

We couldn't find any ...

... stuff, but you could also get military items, weapons, or whatever else pretty much. They also had the history of vodka museum which was interesting. After buying more **** for myself and home, I mad a valiant attempt to pack my bags. I did finally, but on my next stop, I may have to off load some of the cheap **** I don’t really need. At least I know on my next trip to pack much lighter.

Around 9pm that night I ...

... on the Metro is the eye game. I adore going up the escalator and glancing over at people coming down. I'll watch them for a moment and then pick one out of the crowd. Can I get that person to look over? I stare for a moment, in that "I'm not actually staring at YOU" way, and see if they look over. If they do, I try to lock eyes. It's interesting to see who does and who doesn't. The old look away - they try and look busy, they try to ignore me, they ...

... You c*n’t esc*pe WE!

The biggest highlight of the museum is, well, the museum! The building itself is *bsolutely spect*cul*r. I’ve been to the Louvre in P*ris, *nd I h*ve to s*y th*t this pl*ce *bsolutely puts th*t to sh*me. It is more like * combin*tion of Vers*illes *nd the Louvre… some of the rooms liter*lly t*ke your bre*th *w*y *nd you don’t know whether to look *t the *rt or the w*lls or wh*t. I think you could ...

... funny.. Its almost impossible to find address's and places in moscow but it really is half the fun. On sunday we went out to a huge market which was brilliant, you could pretty much anything at dirt cheap prices... russians love badges and coins and hats but as well as that they have them weird dolls and loads of old army and communist stuff.. So we bought a couple of old Soilders belts and some other bits. We managed to make it back into ...

... 1103;л 80; по побер 77;жью и еще долго не могли привы 82;нуть к окруж 72;вшей нас красо 90;е. =) Конеч ...

... train lulls you to sleep. Had some instant noodles for dinner- yuck!! Woke up really early for me 5:30am and we were in Moscow. We were really paranoid about pick pockets because everyone had warned us of the gangs of pick pockets targeting tourists. So we followed each other and watched each other like hawks. Because it was so early we couldn't go to the flat that we had booked till 8am. Where would be open at ...

... trips but this was a unique one.  American Airlines recently established a direct flight from Moscow to Chicago on June 3rd and as a recommendation to everyone...NEVER sign-up for a flight that is brand new.  We ended up waiting in the airport for an extra 3 hours, due to delays on American's part for no reason other than chaos and un-organization.   Once the flight finally took off we made it home safe and sound....another trip in the books. 

... time and looking forward to meeting up with the other two. The first main issue was working out exactly where in the airport Tim would be arriving - after about 3/4 hour of panicking because i couldn't see his flight on the arrivals screen i did eventually work out where that would be! Tim also arrived on time so after a bite to eat we had the interesting task of working out russian buses, high speed trains as well as the metro so that we ...

... I awoke the next morning, eag** to make amends for my rath** poor attempts at sightseeing the previous day. My first stop was the Kremlin, moscow's must see attraction and the beating heart of the country's political agenda. As i was about to leave, two English lads, James and Gaz, checked into Sweet Moscow, so we decided to head down as a trio. The thirty minute walk passed quickly as we chatted. Both James and Gaz w**e graduates from Manchest** Univ**sity and had been driving ...