hi from moscow

hello to our readers! :)
we have arrived safely in moscow.

i cried when we had to leave the train last night, bien sur! i had loved the whole experience and now it was over...dad often reminded me of the saying 'better to travel hopefully than to arrive'...not sure if that is all of it but realising a dream can be a bitter sweet experience.
so when can we do it again? :)

moscow was cold when we got here and is wet now but warmer. it is surprisingly empty on the streets but i seem to remember it was a holiday period for muscovites when we were here last.
we have just walked around red square which is free of scaffolding (it was a concert for the moscow special day) but still has the chap yelling down his loud speaker. i popped into the beautiful church on the corner of the square. there was a service going on in the inner space and i lit a candle to say thank you for our safe arrival. two souvenir shops inside run by two very dour ladies! no 'hello, lady, wanna buy an icon?' :)

i am very grateful for the thermal leggings i packed in case moscow was cold when we got back here...and am using the cashmere scarf from mongolia. lou has dug out his ski hat so we are a real fashion statement in our summer trousers and anoraks but warm and dry under our shanghai brollies. did i say they are decorated with multiple mickey mouse heads? there is no topping us in the taste stakes! :)
love to all