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>Wow, we really are moving up in this world. Our hotel in Moscow actually has internet cafe, and a bathtub! I finally will be able to have my bath tonight - after 20 something days. So, anyway, am in Moscow now. Been sightseeing this arvo, but mostly on the coach. Will do more tomorrow. Staying here for 3 nights. Moscow is BIG. I personally don't think it's as impressive as St.Petersburg, but Red Square is pretty cool. Am a bit scared though, have had a lot of warnings from the local guide. Pickpockets, people being taken by police into their cars etc. I think I'm gonna stick with a big group of people tomorrow and the day after. After 3 nights in St.Petersburg, we moved on to Novgorod yesterday. It was only an overnight stop, and I was glad. There was practically nothing to see there. An ugly, small town. Been learning a lot about Russian history these past few days. Interesting stuff. After a visit to the Siege Memorial in St.Petersburg the other day, I was just very glad I hadn't been born and lived in Russia (especially back then). -45 degrees winter, with rations of 150gr of bread per day, and 14 hours work everyday, etc etc. And even hearing stories about how people live here these days makes me appreciate what I've got more. The weather has been good too. It feels weird being able to walk around in just a layer of short sleeve t-shirt. It was 22 degrees here this afternoon. Lovely. Oh, another thing that's worth a mention is a visit to the "black market boutique" the other day. A very dodgy place, with massive stacks of pirate CD's (and DVD's in another building of same sort) sorted in alphabetical order. I got myself 2 U2 CD's for 3 euros each and a Troy DVD (very excited to see Troy on DVD) for 5 euros. Have I mentioned here that I don't really like most of the new people on the group? They're loud, wild party animals and some of them use swear words at least 3 times in every sentence, just for the hell of it. Not my kind of people really. It made me appreciate my old group a lot more. We haven't been mingling really well. We're just two very different groups of people. But anyway, I like the 14 people from my old group who are still here. Better go now. Can't think of anything else to write about, although I'm sure there's a lot. |
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