It was actually sunny this morning, so we decided to go to an Aussie rules game, checkin out the local Sydney team, the Swans.
For those of you who haven’t experienced the fun of Aussie rules football, it’s like rugby, but with 16 people a side and a lot more violence. All in [...]
Only one vineyard in and I am already ‘nosing’ like an expert! This was at Saddler’s Creek vineyard, the first stop of the day. We still have two more to do
March 31 to April 2, Wednesday to Friday
The day of our flight out of Moscow, we got up early to repack our bags, trying to get both under the 20 kg weight limit. We were also still trying to figure out how to get to the airport; metro and train, taxi and train, [...]
Just a note… Notice the Pictures link on the left hand side. It goes to the photoalbum on this site so that you can check out any pictures I may have uploaded. More to come soon!
March 29 & 30, Monday & Tuesday
Monday and Tuesday were up and down, with the result that we really only saw the Kremlin during those two days. Monday was the day that there were bombings in the Moscow metro; as a result our guide was late and we ended [...]
I’ve been pumped about this day for weeks. Ever since I found some random Kiwi on the Lonely Planet Thorntree forum that was also interested in going to Star City (Звёздный городо́к, Zvyozdny gorodok), the thought of actually getting to go to the Russian cosmonaut training site has been jumping around in the back [...]
Nat and I have finally started our big trip, with a first stop in (not so) Communist Russia. We landed in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport at 12:20, almost 21 hours since we first got in the car to drive to Halifax to begin our journey. Talk about jet lag! Paul is waiting there [...]
We are sitting in JFK airport waiting for our flight to Moscow. Baggage weights? 19.8 kg and 22.8 kg! Good enough for Aeroflot but we’ll have to get both down below 20 kg for the flight from Dubai to Sydney.
Thought I would show you what my name looks like in Russian.
