Day 54 13 June 2013 Moscow I hadn't used the internet or checked my email since a week ago and was I need of a pc. My host told me that the pc "had broken down and doesn’t work anymore". So this morning I acted like a real expert and pulled all the wires from the back; reconnected them all again and, there you go! It all worked again. Keeping a blog I do mainly for myself so I have a record of my activities; family and friends can read it along with me a...

Day 53 12 June 2013 Moscow My room is very large, I think it was formally was used as the lounge as beside a double bed it has a lounge suit ,large table and two sideboards full of books and the usual knick knacks plus an array of cards from all over the world, which I take, have been sent by people who were previous occupants of the room. I would like to tell a few things about the Russian apartment blocks.On entry to this building you have to insert a spe...

Day 52 11 June 2013 Hello Moscow12 noon, tt is now a matter of counting down the kms. After being on the train for the 5th day running, I have had enough of it for a while. The Provodnitsa’s have been busy cleaning everything; even washing the windows while stopped at one of the stations. Perhaps they travel back again on the same train when it leaves at half past nine tonight. The weather is warm, in the high twenties. One of the Provodnitsa&...