Out came my jacket and gloves soon after we landed! A thin layer of snow covered the ground and it was drizzling. After a 4 hour flight, I still had another 3.5 hours to get home. Firstly the aeroexpress from the airport into Moscow's Paveletskaya Station and then the metro to Tushinskaya and another train ride to Nachabino. The thought of taking the bus from the train station home definitely did not appeal to me especially with it still drizzling and knowing...

The day had finally arrived! I was going home to Israel for the weekend. I must have checked the time a hundred times during the morning and couldn't wait to finish morning classes. As soon as I had finished teaching, I ran up to my room and packed and repacked my suitcase. I tidied up my room, went downstairs for lunch and finally, oh finally it was time to leave. Oleg, our school driver, drove me to the train station at Nachabino. He was really sweet an...