Central Russia

Hello all...I finally made it to Russia. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to gain access to the internet until now, a week into my stay here. My time is short, so I will not be able to make a full on entry right now, but I hope to add more later. ...

... but it is just the way that the economy goes round.  Alice vehemently opposed this launching into a champagne fueled attack on Russia's non democratic nature whilst using the USA as a role model for democracy and clean cut politics.  All I could ...

... .  its the world ice hockey champs at the moment in moscow so we're going to try and get tickets for the Russia v. Canada game (she is Canadian sometime next week. again. language will be a problem! ) its pretty amazing here.  i feel ...