So, I figured I should do this before I forget what happened...

We went to Moscow as described. Got there first thing in the morning on Mar.8th. We had planned on Stas take us around and tour us, but with his bad back and plans to meet up with his brother, he invariably bailed on us. So, we went to the Oksana hotel and checked in by 7 something. After a short nap and breakfast we ventured out curbside and flagged down a cab. It was actually pretty easy considering he was just parked there. We got in and just said "Kremlin". "Pit sot" was his reply. So, since I knew my numbers, 500 was his price in rubels. I tried to negotiate a lower price by just saying lower numbers, but no sale. 500 it was.

We got to Red Square and got the cabbie to pull over by St.Basil's Cathedral and we got out and walked from there. The architecture there is second to none. The whole area and city for that matter. It is very elaborate and detailed.


So, we wandered aound and checked out the shopping on Arbat St. looking specifically for hockey jerseys. We stumbled upon some..ummm...souvenirs. Can't say yet cuz pops doesn't have his yet. :)

Anyways, we wound up the day with dinner and crashed early in anticipation of our 4am wakeup call to get ourselves to the airport. Roman would be waiting for us at 4:15...