Just arrived in Moscow, and it is very grey and wet! As expected, Sally, Helga and Sven slept like babies while I managed about 1 hours sleep! It was very cool feeling the train speed up, go round bends and also at times what felt like the train leaving the track and going off road! Getting to our hotel was good, although we had walked straight into rush hour. If you think London is crowded... Wow, Moscow underground is like a wild mob! We struggled through ...

Midnight! We are on the train! Well, the first train to get us to the train! We have just set off from St Petersburg to Moscow, it's just after midnight and we are settled in to our bunk beds. Sally is on the bottom and I am on the top. The bunk beds are not from IKEA, but our roommates sort of are!! We are sharing on this overnight train with a lovely young Swedish couple, who are also on the way to Asia via the Trans Mongolian Railway! I haven't asked thei...

Well it's finally happened, we have left Germany and arrived in RUSSIA! But first let me tell you about our last days in Germany! So the day arrived for Sally and I to attend the wedding of Tess and Christian, fresh from the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang castle, which was awesome. The morning provided beautiful blue skies as we strolled through the village to get some last minute supplies to take to Russia and for the train journey we face on Wednesday... Mainly nood...