Well today Nicks wish for snow has come true and we set off in a flurry of snowfall for the Novodevichy Convent. We need to get the metro and then it is about a mile walk to the Convent so not too bad. I do however use the word walk loosely as today I am wearing my entire wardrobe as I was so cold yesterday. This makes walking very difficult which means it is going to take much longer to get anywhere so not sure if this was a good idea. Anyway we got to the con...

Today we set off early to see Red Square and the Kremlin and we were not dissappointed. Moscow is a really beautiful city and very rich and clean as well. Our first stop was Lenin's Mausoleum and yes it is true (I had thought the guide books were mistaken) but there he is embalmed in a glass coffin that you walk around and look at (spooky!!) We then went on a tour of St Basils Cathedral and finally the Russian History Museum. Actually I sat about most of the time...

Well we have finally made it to Moscow. Arrived in the dark and rain at 6 pm and spent the next hour looking for the tube we needed to catch to our hostel. Surprisingly all the signs are in Russian so we didn't have a clue?? Maybe the last 6 days on the train could have been better spent learning some Russian rather than playing cards and hiding from Comrade Devito!! Managed to find the hostel eventually and it is fab, the room is not too hot, it has a light, a s...