Arriving in Moscow on The Red Arrow Express.
We enjoyed the sleeper trip but it was over way too fast - on board by 11:15 pm, asleep by 00:15, and waking up at 07:15 am for a hasty (not very good) breakfast, then off the train into the sights of the Wonderful Moscow metro - just one problem - all the signs are in Old Russian cyrillic. But, like everywhere else the muscovites have uniformly been very warm, smiling and helpful. Next challenge was to find our accommodation - Unfortunately one end of our street was closed for construction, and to make things worse we couldn't see the street sign, also in cyrillic, so it probably wouldn't have helped if we could see it! But, again with the aid of passers, by we made it. We then set out to get tickets for Saturday's Military Tattoo, after which we headed into town for our first look at The Kremlin and surrounds - more on that later. Right now (8:00 pm) it's teeming down - glad we are inside! TTFN
Arriving in Moscow on The Red Arrow Express.
We enjoyed the sleeper trip but it was over way too fast - on board by 11:15 pm, asleep by 00:15, and waking up at 07:15 am for a hasty (not very good) breakfast, then off the train into the sights of the Wonderful Moscow metro - just one problem - all the signs are in Old Russian cyrillic. But, like everywhere else the muscovites have uniformly been very warm, smiling and helpful. Next challenge was to find our accommodation - Unfortunately one end of our street was closed for construction, and to make things worse we couldn't see the street sign, also in cyrillic, so it probably wouldn't have helped if we could see it! But, again with the aid of passers, by we made it. We then set out to get tickets for Saturday's Military Tattoo, after which we headed into town for our first look at The Kremlin and surrounds - more on that later. Right now (8:00 pm) it's teeming down - glad we are inside! TTFN
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