This morning I had the Kremlin tour with Helen booked for 10:30am, I managed to round my now sixteen passengers up and leave on time. I had decided to go on the Kremlin tour on the occasion (I usually don't) because it's spring and there are always beautiful flowers in blossom in the grounds at this time of year. We arrived at the Kremlin and stored the bags people had brought, and Helen gave her usual tour. The churches of the Kremlin, looked amazing agains...

This morning Leena and I have to give another orientation walk, which is painful with only two people, who aren't really interested in what we are saying, only in taking photos. I must admit I sped it up a little and was relieved when we finally arrived in Red Square. After it was over Leena and I had a coffee in the GUM centre, mainly so I could escape the two clients who asked many, many ridiculous questions and who were heading in the same direction as I w...

This morning I woke up to find someone else asleep in the spare bed in my room…Leena who I will be training to replace me, rather odd way to meet someone waking up and they are in your room. We go downstairs to breakfast and then meet up with the group to give the orientation which lasts for about two hours and finishes in Red Square. I get Leena to take a picture of us all in Red Square to celebrate making it all the way from Beijing. We then let the group...

I awoke this morning as I have so many times in the past, in a bed that was moving, somewhere in Western Russia. My alarm actually jolted me out of sleep and I got straight up, having slept in yesterday's clothes, and set about waking up my passengers, some of whom were in carriages with stranger Russian's who clearly did not appreciate my early morning wake up call. The train seemed to be lingering in the middle of nowhere for what seemed like ages, and a mi...

Little bit sad as today was my last day in Moscow, a city which despite its rather grumpy population I have really come to love and think of as home. It has also been a day where I have lost some really fun people from my tour like Tim and Louise. That's one of the awful parts of my job, you meet these really awesome people and the you have to put up with losing them and potentially never seeing them again. This morning our first order of business after br...