Moscow Sunset

As you all may know it stays much lighter here in the summer than it does in the winter and for us who have never been in a place where it stays so light for so long...it has taken some adjustment.....Right now it is light out from around 3:45 AM to about 10:45 PM everyday! I have to say that I will take this over the limited amount of light we get in the winter - 9:00 AM to about 3:00 PM!!!!!!

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From our apartment window we experience some pretty amazing sunsets......these were taken around 10:30 in the evening.....

CBG Team Visits Moscow!

JS, Keith, Jim, Nasty (Nate), & Helmet (Nate)

As part of their whirl-wind tour of north-eastern Europe four of Jim's old CBG audit team stopped by Moscow for a few days it was great to see some familiar Pittsburgh faces!


Keith & Nate trying out the guns on display at the Cold War Tunnels

After finally finding the guys upon their arrival into Moscow...I won't go into how Jim had a panic attack the day of their arrival and thought they were arriving on a different airline that flew into a different airport so he CANCELED the taxi he scheduled to pick them up at the airport....poor guys!!!! I would have died but not them they somehow found some crazy bus for 25 rubles a pop to take them to the Metro where Jim and I finally met them.....other than that their long weekend included a boat ride on the Moscow River, a trip to the local Banya, a tour of the cold-war tunnels, a tour of Russia's largest vodka factory, and all of the major sites of the city.


Nate, Nate, JS, Keith, & Jim on the Moscow River

When not touring by day the team enjoyed some of the nightlife of the city as well. Jim's good Australian friend Tony ensured that the best spots of Moscow's nightlife made the evening and even some early morning tours!!

Thanks again for visiting us in Moscow!!!!!