First stop: Moscow! Wednesday 23rd March Well technically it was Riga for a stopover to make the flight cheaper, where the plane suddenly changed from shotputters to women adorning themselves with fur and rather scary looking men. As we arrived late at night we had pre booked a taxi to take us to the hostel. Our driver took us outside to a very snowy -7 and indicated that we should follow him. As we followed him along highways, through alleyways, through dingy car parks and derelict buildings our hearts began to pump; partly due to our packs being laden down with high heels, straighteners, hairdryers and make up but mostly because we were being dramatic and thought it was going to be our end by a member of the KBG...on our very first day! Having finally
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