!SNOW! Busy, busy, busy! Today we went to Ismailovski Market (locally known as Ismailova and pronounced Ish-my-lo-va). Basically a craft market with some antiques too about an hours drive NE of the city. A haven for Stage managers as Mike rightly pointed out. It snowed over night last night so it was all fresh. First snow we'd seen fall. There hasn't been any in Moscow city for ages. There was some at Sergey Posad but that was out of the city. After trapesi...

Sergey Posad What a day! Had this experience before but its always cool. It's basically a 'Russian Experience Day out'. Sergey Posad (pronounced Ser-gay Po-sad with a hard 'g') is a little city, and they call it a city, about 1.5-2 hours out of Moscow city centre. It's out into the countryside and into the forest. You arrive at this lady's lodge, her name is Sveta, and have 'Blinnis and jam and tea' (pancakes!), then head off a further 20 mins into the forest f...

DAY 1 Well finally here after many dramas. Won't bore you with them all but will say for anyone wanting to come to Russia, there is a lot of red tape to cut through. I should know this, being that my mum lives here, and kind of did but you always over look something don't you!? Had lunch today with typical russian service. All the food came out at different times and mine had to be ordered about 5 times before it came. Even when it did, it was wrong!! Never...