Arriving in russia was an absolute nightmare. Andy and i arrived at the airport and were shocked at how difficult it was to understand what was going on. Obviously our russian leaves a little to be desired and no one speaks english also there is a lengthy, pretty un-recognisable alphabet which makes guessing out of the question. These russian scallys basically tried to rip us off for a taxi by trying to charge us 50quid. Being a yorkshire gal and proud of my frugality i wasnt happy. Eventually after several attempts at doing the wheels on the bus type hand gestures, being very nearly run over and a near miss with a large swinging boulder we managed to find a bus stop. Eventually one bus, several metros, one dramatic fall onto my back like a
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