Novotel Centre Moscow

... me to get beers and more snacks along the way - once the train's underway, sleeping, eating and drinking are the main passtimes.<br>&#8226; Dont buy the ticket that includes meals. I did and it wasn't good food or good value for money.<br>&#8226; Sounds a little scungy, but people wore mostly the same clothes for 3 days straight on the train, so its good to have some lightweight cotton pants and a couple of t-shirts. A couple of guys were ...

... Girls and you'll know what I mean.<br>Like any major city, you take your life in your hands when you cross a road, but in Kiev they had something I've never seen before - a digital counter on the crossings to show how long before the pedestrain light turns red or green - at least then you know how long you've got before they start trying to kill you...<br><br>So anyway, on to Russia. Got off to a bit of a bad start here when I was rudely awoken at the border at midnight to deal with ...

... Every now and then there would be a peek through the door at us. Adults even began to use their children as a guise to talk to us. Let me stress, however, that no one spoke English at all so all exchanges were reliant upon the guide book our increasingly good facial expressions and sign language! However, never fear! After a couple of days RM found out that we spoke some French and soon found us a very adept translator! It was 10 year old ...

... others with more points than have ever been given. To our surprise United Kingdom for once did not place bottom 3, and came 4th behind Iceland and Azerbaijan. Chris absolutely staggered on the way home and we woke up slowly the next morning, but we left Moscow after loving and being frustrated with our time there. A thrilling week. After a night's rest in Vienna we safely arrived in the Czech Republic and are enjoying amazing Kos&#328;ar family hospitality. Details soon!

... kallein, mutta tasta eteenpain hintataso menee koko ajan alas. Ja ei meilla taallakaan hirveasti ole rahaa mennyt, olemmehan majoittuneet taalla ilmaiseksi ja kylla katukojuista voi halvalla syoda kebabia niinkuin eilen vaikka ravintolassakin piti kayda poistamassa possunfileet. Olemme tavanneet paljon uusia ihmisia, matkailijoita ja taalla asuvia. Osallistuimme eilen isoon tapaamiseen Leninski Prospektilla kaytyamme ensin katsomassa massiivista Kremlia ja ...

... in speaking it anyway. Also the train was hot. Was probably 35 degrees in the train and this is Eastern Europe, so there is no air conditioning on the train. All I did was sweat. You sit there doing nothing and you sweat. Didn't do a whole lot but did manage to update my journal (not much else to do on the train) and slept. Went through Ukrainian customs and had no problems then we headed off to the Russian border for their border control. Took about an hour to get ...

Got to Mokba! Brilliant!  The Hostel was a building site but OK.  How Expensive is Moscow!?  we bought an apple for just over a pound on a walk to the Hostel.  We only had a day in Moscow so spent the time walking about, a loverly city, architecture and people and the thousands of Police and Guards. PHOTO_ID_R=dsc05566.jpg best site we saw was ...

... Bühne einer der Redner aus der russischen Regierung. Also, ein Beweis dafür, dass das Investitionsklima gut ist, dass der Markt boomt und der Investoren kommen. Die Reden dauern fast eine Stunde, zuerst der Betriebsleiter, dann der Präsidentenbeauftragte, eine General-Leutnant der Steuerpolizei, dann noch ein Stellvertretender Regierungschef, dann noch einer vom Auto-Konzern und noch einer und noch einer. Die Halle ist soeben fertig gebaut, und über die Nacht eingerichtet worden ...

... you can do pretty well. For 300 a night in most places in South America you are at least dignitary level. In Mockba it buys you a mini twin bed in a cold room that hasn't been updated since 1960. Sweet. But they do throw in continental breakfast. At 2pm we returned to the main reception across the street in Bloc 3 for the train tickets. Again, we had to reiterate the whole train ticket thing to the same assistant manager ...

... We were really exhausted so we made an stop in a beautiful bar made of wood and with some more energy, we took the tube to go to the hostel. Monday 13-08 Today two options: Lenin's tomb or Novodichy monastery. But on Mondays the Lenin's tom is close so ... Novodichy is good and quite. We could listen a concert of Siberian songs made by big men with a impressive voice ...