Chapter 1: Genesis

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. We decided to travel this 'Earth' to see if it really is all its cracked up to be.

The adventure began in Moscow. Night 1 and Rich 'accidently' books us a double bed. Fortunately we were sharing a room with a gay man from Germany and a lesbian from Kazakhstan, so everything began as planned. Then we moved onto our home whilst in Moscow. Basically it was a flat we shared with some lovely people of the world, namely Rodrigo from Brazil and Kirsi from Finland. Rodrigo was there to learn Russian because he met and fell in love with a girl from France and followed her there. We were there for the Vodka. Saw the Kremlin.

and here it is....

Rodrigo, from the slums of Sao Paulo put on his Green Day CD. He said "I have their DVD from when they played in England. I love that town, I forget what its called. M.....Mil......Milt...."

"Milton Keynes?" I asked "Yes, you know it? What a great place!!!"

Our relationship fell apart after that.

We had a fun night in playing cards with some guys from around Europe - Dutch, Danes and Germans. Made 2 important discoveries. Peter Schmeical never advertised bacon in Denmark and there is no German word for 'tissue'. The line "Mathius, can you pass me the mouth paper?" had me and Rich in stitches for the best part of a week after. I dont think they got the joke.

Final points on Russia - lots of beautiful buildings, terrible drivers, and our hostel owner was called Olga Fuchsum. That was nice of her.