The lost weekend in Kazan...! So we got off the train on Saturday morning having decided at some point last year that we were going to spend a couple of days in Kazan, only Kazan isn't mentioned in our guidebook. In fact Kazan isn't mentioned in ANY guidebook!!..... Kazan is somewhere that noone that you know has been to or will ever go to, not because its not a pleasant city with a stunning Kremlin and beautiful countryside nearby, just because there's nothing ...

Currently putting off packing bag ready for our first night on the 'Trans Mongolian Railway', the train which will ferry us in comfort (ahem) from the mighty Moscow across Siberia and through Mongolia to Bejing (in April). So we managed to decipher the Moscow underground system and made it to the iconic Red Square today...although St Basils Cathedral appears to be so perfect and colourful that from a distance it could be a OTT wedding cake! Managed to sort out a...

Currently putting off packing bag ready for our first night on the 'Trans Mongolian Railway', the train which will ferry us in comfort (ahem) from the mighty Moscow across Siberia and through Mongolia to Bejing (in April). So we managed to decipher the Moscow underground system and made it to the iconic Red Square today...although St Basils Cathedral appears to be so perfect and colourful that from a distance it could be a OTT wedding cake! Managed to sort out a...

so finally got round to uploading some pics and writing a bit, been trying to cram as much of the baltics in before our russian visa kicks in at the weeknd and we start the nxt leg of our journey.

woo first blog! and i haven't even left the country yet! in fact is this cheating, you know getting a head start on things? anyway, currently feeling little bit sick but mostly excited about our imminent departure...three days and counting! no photos yet so a lovely pic of a norwedian fjord...enjoy