Hello all, just a quick note to update on our first week of travelling. We arrived in Moscow on Saturday night where we met by a scary looking passport control officer. Managed to get to our hotel OK and then had a quick look around Red Square which is pretty impressive, especially St Basils Cathedral. My Russian G.C.S.E came in very handy for reading signs on the Metro, so a big shout out to Mrs Bowden. The Moscow Metro is incredible and has a range of communist statues and art-deco style decoration. The service was brilliant, puts London to shame and there were officials and police everywhere so was very safe. On the next day it was pouring down with rain, felt like being back home. Went to a cafe and tried some Borsch, which is
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