After the nine hour flight from Vladivostok to Moscow we had a rather lengthy wait in the airport terminal. If we had booked a through flight with Aeroflot then the price to get back to the UK was extortionate, but taking an eleven hour break in travel at Sheremetyevo airport saved us a fortune even though we needed an night in a hotel in Warsaw . . . . . . It was not an exciting time if honest and after many coffees, a few snacks and probably a beer or two it w...

Arriving into Moscow from Kiev at just before 0700 gave us time for a bit if a whirlwind dash around the Russian capital city. We had been to Moscow previously in 2008 on a trip that also included a visit to St Petersburg so it was nice not to have to rush and see all the major sights - although we did obviously have to see one or two! Our Hotel was located pretty much adjacent to Moscow's Kievskaja station where we arrived, but being this early in the morning w...