Just off the plane..

First stop - Moscow

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June 7th 2009
We spent just one night in the capital before starting our trans-siberian train journey. BIG UPS: I would like to take this opportunity to big up 2 very nice ladies for their help on our 1st day away from home and more importantly, our 1st day without the aid of GOOGLE PHONE!!! 1st big ups go to Leigh (Brady) for texting me the address of the hostel when I confessed to Graha ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more