The never ending escalator at the metro

A Bumpy Arrival in Moscow

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June 10th 2009
Well we made it and we're in Moscow! To be honest our 16 hour bus trip from Riga to Moscow really wasn't that bad. It certainly was as bad as we had anticipated despite Christopher's broken seat on the bus and the two guys sitting in front of us who clearly hadn't showered in a few days. However, the process of crossing the Russian border, although pretty smooth, was a somewhat nerve wracking ... 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