Hi I thought I would do a little update while I wait for Herman to shower but it has taken me 25 mins to get this far as it is dial up internet soooo ssssllllooooowww! Yesterday we planned to see Lenin but aparantly he is busy! (It is closed until April, fyi Lenin's wife did not want him to be embalmed but the state did it anyway) we went to the Kremlin instead and it is really expensive and you dont get to see much either. But is was interesting the architectu...

Hello All We would like to start this blog with a big thank you to everyone for our leaving presents and cards as well as all the comments on here as well as the emails. Christina If I did not say goodbye to you before I left I am sorry but you were probably lucky as Mandy made me cry. By the way thank you Nan for the 30 sausage rolls and 20 meat pies and Joe for the chocolate cake they kept us going all the way to St Petersburg, and my answer to everyones qu...