Huw's Bit Heard the metro (Tube) was worth seeing so spent an hour whiz zing around this morning. Well worth it! Some of the stations are fabulous: ceilings, chandeliers, mosaics, extraordinary! And the service! Train every 2 minutes, $1 per journey for as far as you want, clean - nobody talks though same as rest of world! Got dragged to the museum of Modern Art! Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhh! Don't get it at all! How can you have a museum of modern art - oxymo...

Huw's Bit Pushkin state art gallery OK! Red Square and St Basil's everything I wanted and more! Saw the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour where the p**** Riot girls punk band made their protest last year - all got 2 years jail - the security was absolutely full on! Military styled police uniforms, squad cars, paddy wagons, fenced off areas! You couldn't move 10m without bumping into 3 cops! Every station, gallery, museum etc has metal/explosive detectors at t...

Huw's Bit Moscow! Been waiting a long time to get here and first impressions are it will not let me down! History, architecture, cool and really happening place! Hotel Peter 1 take a bow, spot on and you let us check in very early! Russia very defiantly back in good books! Met Ivan and off to Kremlin! Wow! No point in me trying to describe - you have to come! President Putin was in his office, flag flying, loved by his people(nt)! Private security gu...

Huw's Bit Top class train for last big leg: Trans Ural Express - even had a carriage attendant who was really pleasant but why did she gave to do the big 'buy these souvenirs' thing? Really weird actually as she kept going on when it was clear to all that no one understood a bloody word what we were saying to each other! Any who, small matters! Turned out we'd bought a ticket which included dinner being brought to our cabin, with wine - very exciting so I got...

Huw's Bit Top class train for last big leg: Trans Ural Express - even had a carriage attendant who was really pleasant but why did she gave to do the big 'buy these souvenirs' thing? Really weird actually as she kept going on when it was clear to all that no one understood a bloody word what we were saying to each other! Any who, small matters! Turned out we'd bought a ticket which included dinner being brought to our cabin, with wine - very exciting so I g...