Arrival in Moscow

Arrival in Moscow

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May 29th 2010
I am here. In the bloody former USSR. My trip started with a drive from Austin to Houston to catch my 540 PM flight to Moscow. I managed to find a relatively cheap direct flight between the two, presumably filled with oil dogs, on Singapore Airlines. Turns out that about half of the plane was with me for only half of their 24 hours trip back home to Singapore, and the rest were tourists and ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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