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hi still in Moscow leaving 2moro to battle the traffic to St Petersburgh which is 600k away so will take it easy and do it in 2 days .Moscow is not what i thought it would be i guess i expected an old dull grey place full of old buildings but instead is a vibrant colourful sophisticated city full of colour and cafes and resturants and shops everywhere .We stayed for 2 nites in Julias sisters apartment so had a good insight into how Moskivites live and get around.
Had lots of rides in trams taxis trolley bises and the Metro which moves 10 million people a day,,the Metro stationd are all architectural marvels built in the communist days,,,Went to the kremlin Putin and Megadev were not there that day [was a sunday] otherwise was going to have chai with them and tell them how to make Russia eg 50% of Russians smoke as cigarettes are only 1 dollar a packet. So i went sightseeing saw the churches in the kremlin the big cannons,,the arsenal full of old fighting stuff going back to the 5th cent and the diamond bank one of the worls best collection of diamonds and jewellery
Spent today at the Bikeland bikeshop where we were treated like heroes because of where we have travelled we sat with the managing director having coffee while our bikes were worked on and they would not take any money great guys we owe them lots for their help and freindship to be a biker particularly a travelling biker is really special over here
The Kawasaki was just dirty fuel i think its very hard with the language barrier but its running fine now,,thank god for mikes gps as the russian roads are so vast 5 lanes and everybody goes hell for leather so navigation is a real issue
More from St Petersburgh soon love to all
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