Last Days in Moscow, Russia

Hi Everyone, We had a fantastic time in Russia! We are now in Dubai with empty pockets and really isnt the place to be with empty pockets. We finished our Tour on the 24th Dec, we had christmas dinner with everyone. I was Head Chef and we made roast veges and already cooked chickens for 12 of us! Turned out alright considering we had very limited untensils and a very blunt knife. That night after our big feast tim and I meet up with our amazing russian friends. She made us xmas cake that was still warm and bottle of vodka and a very kind card. The next morning on xmas day(russia xmas 7th jan) tim and i took the train to there house, we made it there so we did well. We meet Katerina and alexi in Vietnam at Halong bay! Amazing People! Its a shame they dont live in melbourne, we have made great friends on this journey! Katerina showed us around on Christmas day, we walked a very long way, moscow is very grand! we meet up with her husband after he had finished work at lunch time and had the yummist meal, home style polish food. We explored the city some more, went to a scary house where its picth black and people jump out and grab you, then we went ice skating on the paths and then the real thing on ice skating rink. The following day we went to a fairytale castle, dressed up and acted like a princess. We then went home and Katerina cooked us borsht and similar things to dumplings. They really made moscow for us!! We arrived yesterday into abu dhabi then got the bus to dubai we arrived at 1am. Today we thawed out in the sun! Dubai is a strange place,hard to get around, massive massive place, places look a lot closer than they are. You are not allowed to go to most of the beaches unless you stay in the filthy rich hotels. We have very sore feet from out feet being out of shoes and walking in jandals the whole day! sneakers tomorrow and again we will be on out best behaviour, no holding hands, kissing, touching, swearing, shouting, eating, drinking, breathing! Hope you all had a wonderful xmas!

Moscow, Russia

Hello........we arrived safely this morning at 4am into moscow after having a 4 night train trip which wasnt as bad as you would think! The meat in the bread pocket things that russia have kept us happy, they tasted so good! The card games and horror movies kept us going as well as a bit of russian vodka. The scenery did not change at all the whole 5 days it was the same same same snowy, gingerbread villages everywhere (the houses im talking about)and furry russians. (they wear all fur) The whole 5 days were very pretty, magical wonderland. We say goodbye to the people we have meet on our journey tomorrow. On christmas day we wont be lost as we are meeting up with our russian friends we meet in Vietnam on christmas day! Today we explored Red square. Amazing churches! We are 7hours behind aussie. If you would like to skype to see each others cherry faces on christmas i think early in the morning for us would work. Email us first maybe. It isnt so cold here 1 degree, wish it was colder as it is wet and slushy. Fingers crossed for atleast a little snow on christmas day for us! Love you all, bed time for us as we have been up since 3am and done a whole day of sightseeing and it is now 10.10pm. We are doing chris-cringle tomorrow aswell. xxxxxx

The last of Siberia

Porridge and Noodles for the next 4 nights!

Today is the day we start our 4 night stay on a train to moscow! We arrive on the 23rd. We have really enjoyed siberia! Dont work to hard leading up to christmas! Love you all xxx Talk to you on christmas eve xxx

Siberia

Yesterday we had a blast! We had a very busy day. We started at 12 as it doesnt get light till 10am. We walked along lake baikal to get to the dog sleeding. We walked over a frozen river to get to the place. When we arrived the dogs were going crazy, barking, jumping on top of there huts and down. Trust me you wouldnt want to let them of there leash! There were about 30 of them. Dog sleeding was alot of fun. We went through the snowy forest. It took about 10 to 15 min to go around the coarse.@ sleeds were going but the 2nd would wait till the 1st one came around to make sure we would not crash into each other. while the dogs were waiting on the harness tied to the sleed, a man walked past with a bowl full of horses food and the dogs jumped up and attacked the bowl. Horse food, lettuce and carrots went everywhere. The dogs were fed whole fish in between each run. After that we became blacksmiths for 15min. Tim made a horse shoe and i made a necklace. About 4pm we walked to the snowmobiles. I drove the 1st half, i found them to be hard to drive, the steering was very stiff. Tim drove the second half and it was much more fun! I was a bit slow! Its our last day in Siberia today then we are off to the train station, on the train for 4 nights to moscow! our last stop! EiY/s1600/DSC08194.JPG" imageanchor="1" >