Moscow: Paris on steroids

So, our first blog post on the road (er... rails).

The first week has been pretty awesome, though has gone by in a flash. After speeding through France, Belgium and Germany in 12 hours we spent a fleeting (but very pleasant) 24 hours chilling out in the sun in Warsaw. With no phrase book or guide book we just wandered round and drank a little too much pepper vodka.

Moscow is a different beast. "Paris on steroids" as Jo so aptly described it. Lovely architecture, but all about 10 times bigger than it should be. Apart from St Basils which is smaller than you'd think. Yesterday, Moscow also did its best to live up to our stereotypes by staging some kind of army demonstration in Red Square, and then letting all the soldiers roam the streets drinking vodka and singing military songs and waving flags.

Sorry about the lack of pictures, this computer isn't being too friendly. We'll post lots when we can.

Off on our 4-day train ride in a few hours. Eek.