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Moscow at last. Taxi, what taxi?
... across which he could not turn. There was no way in hell I was getting out unless I was sure it was the right place so I played dumb until I could see the famous Sheraton "S" inside a circle of leaves or something. At which point I said my thank you and farewell in my best Russian and proceeded to dodge the traffic. .... Aaah, English speaking staff, a real shower, 1500 thread count sheets, wi-fi, civilization. I am alive again.
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First stop... Moscow
... in the lift to the next floor to get the train that I noticed I didn;t have my phone. I sprinted back to the information desk where it was sat next to his keyboard (that would have been a nightmare!).
We managed to buy tickets and board the correct trains and metros. I was desperately trying to pronounce the names of the train stations... despite my poor attempts we found we were going in the right direction.
At midnight (00.22), after lugging our 16.5 kilo rucksacks ...
Moscow
... Our provodnista (train attendant) then checks our tickets and she informs us we haven’t paid for our bed sheets!! I say informs but really she is shouting at us in russian and pointing at our tickets which seemingly are missing some vital wording! I find it hard to believe that a sleeper train ticket can exist without the cost for the linen – it is included on everyone else’s tickets! Oh well, we pay her the equivalent of £6 and ...
The beginning ... Moscow!
... had a run in with what we think was the Russian Mafia. As we walked past a very big black Mercedes, the door opened and a large, well dressed gentleman got out and proceeded to walk adjacent to us into a ring of 8 body guards, all of whom were giving us dirty looks and were ready to take us out if necessary. Thankfully a homeless man with his dog was walking in the other direction, who seemed to be more of a concern to the security guards ...
Stick a Fork In Us - WE ARE DONE!!!
... br>
Anyway, once we got off the train, we went straight to the doctor's office for the boys to have physical, then straight over to the US Embassy to turn in all the paperwork we collected in Penza and some other papers we had to complete for the Embassy. I went in with our driver/guide to turn it all in, as they did not want the children coming in, too, to turn in the paperwork, and deep inside, I'm freaking out - what if something ...
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