"You know, if we invested half the time we spend checking out women in things like experiencing cultures or learning languages, we'd be like the best people who ever lived..... I suppose that's what's inherently wrong with us, as a gender" - Me, to Vinny, about two hours ago.What did you do last night?It being a Saturday, perhaps you took a loved one out to see a show? Or perhaps cooked a meal at home and stayed in watching Variety Performances from c...

"Nowhere else will you find a greater hive of scum and villainy" - Star WarsWe were due a little bad luck, so when we arrived in Moscow at 5AM without any accommodation booked it was no great surprise that things didn't go great. We had spent the last twenty four hours trying to book some kind - any kind - of accommodation so we weren't just turning up on a wing and a prayer, but had been unsuccessful. So we based ourselves in a cafe in the train station ...

King Arthur: "Are all men from the future loud mouthed braggards?" Bruce Cambell: "Just me baby, just me".- The Army of Darkness, one of the finest films ever made.I suppose I should start with the G8 Summit. The G8 Summit is an annual meeting of the eight 'richest' countries in the world; UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia. They address international issues such as the environment, nuclear energy and responsibility, developing nati...

"You like my fish? They're supposed to be relaxing, you know, stress? You must have something similair. How do you cope with stress in Russia?""Vodka"Red Heat, not one of the best films in the world.OK, so we're still in St Petersburg after nearly a week when we were only supposed to be here for four days. There is, like most things, a story behind it. Our story starts in a train station.... so often the way...We checked out of the hostel yesterday and we...

"We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and whenAlthough I wasn't there, he said I was his friendWhich came as some surprise, I spoke into his eyesI thought you died alone, a long long time agoOh no, not meI never lost controlYou're face to faceWith The Man Who Sold The World"Bowie.. And Nirvana... And, bizzarely, Lulu.Well, we made it through the hardest customs process the world has ever seen - by comparison, the US Customs guys have an open door pol...