Moscow, Russia
Got off the train in Moscow only planning to stay a couple days before I got on the trans Siberian railway. Toughest languages in my opinion so far from easiest to hardest are Czech, polish, Ukrainian, Russian. I'm now in the toughest language country I've come across. Nobody speaks English and nobody wants to. Getting to the hostel from the train station was an accomplishment in itself. As I exited the train w a dead phone no directions and and 40 lbs on my back...