Welcome to Moscow

Tuesday, June 12. We made it! It was a long flight..but a nice one. We were greeted right outside of customs by our driver, Eugene. He is very nice! He is a Detroit Red Wings fan! So he and David bonded immediately!! :) We made it to our hotel around 4:00 pm. We are staying at a Marriot close to the Red Square. It is a beautiful day, sunny mid 70's. We thought it would be a good idea to go for a walk around Red Square. Lots of people out and about. 12 million people live in Moscow!! It is a beautiful city! Red Square is packed with people..it is a national holiday today, they tell us it is similar to 4th of July. It is a new holiday, started about 5 years ago, when they established their new Constitution. The statue is Marshal Georgiy Zhukov a hero from WWII and the red building behind us is the State Historical Museum at the far end of the Red Square, (There are more than 5 million exhibits inside). After about 5 miles of walking and a nice dinner and a few vodka and tonics. It was time for bed!! We couldn't believe we were still standing after 36 hours. We will check in soon. Tomorrow we are taking in the sights with Eugene before our flight to Kemerovo.

Доброй ночи - Good Night