Exaterinburg
March 31st 2006 We arrive in Exaterinburg during the evening and are met by no less than three people who take us and Matt to our hotel, the Bolshoy, which is massive and feels more like a block of flats. The seemingly oppulent lobby gives way to basic but functional rooms.
We venture our to find a bar. Gordon's (the Irish bar next to the hotel) has very high prices by Russian standards, wo we reject this and go
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