Thursday, September 28, 2006

From Russia, with Love.

One of the greatest joys is seeing friends overseas! Having just spent a grand time in Denmark with Rikke and Bo, we have just sent a splendid couple of days in Stockholm with good friends Adrian and Carina and their two boys Daag and Malte. Just wandered around enjoyed being in a home, not a hotel and all the normal things of life. Shame we didn't have time to get any sailing in this time...

In St Petersburg now and catching the midnight train to Moscow. Russia is amazing, we have just spent the afternoon looking at Rembrandts, Monets, Van Goghs and more than I can mention in The Hermitage, the personal collection of Catherine the Great. After a couple of days in Moscow we then have 4 days non-stop through to Irkutsk in Siberia on the border of Mongolia....that is the bit I cant wait for...just watching the world slide by - I love train travel so very much. Mind you, we just met the first pickpocket on the underground but he was pretty obvious and we're pretty secure...my safety pinned pocket is pretty cunning after all! The cyrillic alphabet here makes life hard, the women are stunning and the men horrendous. There's bound to be Yetis in Siberia. PAS.

1 Comments:

Blogger Michael Green said...

I love train trips too. The best way to travel. Did you see the Amber Room in St.Petersburg?

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