Moscow... Please entertain me

Well, there was no issue with me crossing the border. Apparently when you take a train from Minsk to Moscow they don't check passports. So now I have entered Russia twice and left once; and entered and left Belarus. All of this and I only have an entry stamp for each country. I am not sure what that all means, but I am sure I will get drilled with questions when I attempt to leave into Mongolia in about 20 days.

So... I arrived this morning, and will likely not do too much. Riding the Moscow metro at rush hour while wearing a backpack and many layers of clothes (the same layers I wore yesterday while running around Minsk) has left me smelling pretty ripe. When I can notice my own smell I know it is bad! I will likely just take a shower and ride the metro and check out some of the more oddball sights. This metro carries more passengers per day than the NYC and London systems combined.

I assume that I will do things like go to art museums and other such things that I have never been to yet tommorow. The Kremlin is closed Thursdays, so I will plan to do that on Friday. Then the next three days are up in the air... I will try to go to some of the sights in the suburbs and along the Golden Ring... but past that I have know idea how else to occupy myself in this city for more than 3 days... I suppose I could do nothing (and some laundry) for a day, since it is a vacation and those are supposed to be relaxing.

Well, this may get posted out of order, as the password that they have on the wireless network in the hostel is not working, and they don't seem to care so much.

- The Dues