We woke up this morning at 4 am, which is normal for us and went down to the lobby and signed a little more paperwork. Crazy man showed up a few minutes later and then we were off the airport. The drive today was rather peaceful, there were no other cars on the road and it was snowing. The city scape was so beautiful today.
We made it through the airport check-in with no problems and had about a 2 hr wait to board the plan. The flight on the way back was so much better. We had chicken and pasta for breakfast and then we were able to take our normal naps. There were no loud children and no stinky people near us. We arrived in Moscow about 8:15 this morning. We walked out of the terminal and looked for our ride and no one was there. We sat and waited for about an hour at which point I start thinking, we have no phone that works and I don't speak Russian or read it so I won't be able to figure out how to use a payphone either. About that time our translator walks in and tells us that traffic is really bad and she is so sorry. Well, she was right. It took us almost 2hrs to get to the hotel which was about an extra hr.
We got to the room and decided that we need to go have an adventure. I talked Dee Dee into going to Arbat Street and up to Red Square . Well we grabbed the camera and were off. We asked the lady downstairs about how far it was away and she said about an hour walk. Well, Dee Dee and I are both in decent shape and figured that we could make it faster than that, we had a map and we were not going to stop and shop in the stores. Well, about an hour and fifteen minutes later we arrive at Red Square . We tried to get in and we found out that you need tickets. So we proceeded to the ticket booth to find out that they don't sell tickets on Thursday. They sell them every other day just not today.
Fortunately, we went around back and see St. Basils Cathedral, Lennon’s Tomb, some wishing well and a clock tower. We did spend about 25 rubles trying to ring the wishing hole. We took a lot of photos and we wanted to take a break from our long walk. We went in to a little shop set up next to an ice skating rink in the middle of the square. They had hot chocolate, score, we were so excited. Then we got it. It was literally hot chocolate. It was if someone put a Hershey bar in the microwave and melted it and then poured in a small dash of water just to make it a little more liquid. It was good but you could not drink much.
We made it through the airport check-in with no problems and had about a 2 hr wait to board the plan. The flight on the way back was so much better. We had chicken and pasta for breakfast and then we were able to take our normal naps. There were no loud children and no stinky people near us. We arrived in Moscow about 8:15 this morning. We walked out of the terminal and looked for our ride and no one was there. We sat and waited for about an hour at which point I start thinking, we have no phone that works and I don't speak Russian or read it so I won't be able to figure out how to use a payphone either. About that time our translator walks in and tells us that traffic is really bad and she is so sorry. Well, she was right. It took us almost 2hrs to get to the hotel which was about an extra hr.
We got to the room and decided that we need to go have an adventure. I talked Dee Dee into going to Arbat Street and up to Red Square . Well we grabbed the camera and were off. We asked the lady downstairs about how far it was away and she said about an hour walk. Well, Dee Dee and I are both in decent shape and figured that we could make it faster than that, we had a map and we were not going to stop and shop in the stores. Well, about an hour and fifteen minutes later we arrive at Red Square . We tried to get in and we found out that you need tickets. So we proceeded to the ticket booth to find out that they don't sell tickets on Thursday. They sell them every other day just not today.
Fortunately, we went around back and see St. Basils Cathedral, Lennon’s Tomb, some wishing well and a clock tower. We did spend about 25 rubles trying to ring the wishing hole. We took a lot of photos and we wanted to take a break from our long walk. We went in to a little shop set up next to an ice skating rink in the middle of the square. They had hot chocolate, score, we were so excited. Then we got it. It was literally hot chocolate. It was if someone put a Hershey bar in the microwave and melted it and then poured in a small dash of water just to make it a little more liquid. It was good but you could not drink much.
We decided to call it a day and head back to the hotel. We took a short cut and it only took us an hour. Dee Dee figured it was a total of about 8 miles. I was sweaty enough I believe her. We are now settling down for the evening. It is 5 here and we went to the grocery and got dinner and now going to soak our soar feet and go to bed.
Tomorrow we are getting our physicals and I am sure those will provide some good stories. Oh, we did find a McDonalds 2 blocks from the hotel for lunch. They do speak English, Cheeseburger and fries mean the same thing over here, I was so excited.
Brad
Tomorrow we are getting our physicals and I am sure those will provide some good stories. Oh, we did find a McDonalds 2 blocks from the hotel for lunch. They do speak English, Cheeseburger and fries mean the same thing over here, I was so excited.
Brad
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