Moscow, Russia
3. 10 June to 18 June 2011 - Moscow and Volgograd, Russia
Our morning at Catherine's Palace on the way out of St Petersburg took far longer than we anticipated, so it was mid-afternoon before we were on our way to Moscow. And the road had its challenges - tarred but rutted severely, causing havoc with steering both for us and a multitude of trucks. Meanwhile speedy Russian drivers, with scary spatial concepts, were weaving in and out of the heaving traffic. So...