We arrived into Moscow station very early in the morning, tired, but in one piece. After getting off the train we were met by our russian driver with our names on a card. He spoke no English and motioned for us to follow him to his car. He looked like a stern version of Borat, hastily smoking cigarette as we walked behind him out of the station. We were quickly bundled into his car and taken to the hotel on the outskirts of Moscow which took about 30 minutes. As it was early in the morning we were zoomed through the streets, no sign of the famous Moscow 8 hour traffic jams! From the car window our first impressions of Moscow seemed a bit grey and depressing in comparison to the stylish St Petersburg. Many of
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