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, [...]
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.
Today I’m flying to Knoxville from Moncton. Hit the airport and …. Security check… belt off, watch out of pocket, laptop out, liquids out, through and onto the plane I go.
Forward into T-dot and going through pre-customs to the U.S. Crazy, crazy people. I now need a tag on each of my carryon bags from [...]
Today I’m flying to Knoxville to vist friends of old from my time in Halifax. First off the flight out of Moncton is delayed two hours. Not a big deal as I have a five hour layover in Toronto anyway.
Nat brings me to the airport and we sit and have a cup of [...]
