Moscow Revisited

Well, we arrived in Moscow today, which makes my 5^th time to visit the city (counting the 2 times on the front and back ends of my 2 previous trips to Russia). It seems that this city is in a constant state of change. From the new construction going on near the airport, to the renovation of buildings in and around Red Square, you can always hear the sounds of jack hammers or backhoes doing their thing. Even the Metro (subway system) is changing slightly as they renovate the various stations along the route between our hotel and Red Square.

With all this change, however, there is still a lot that is the same. There are still a bunch of stray dogs in the field near the hotel, there is still the same number of smokers everywhere you turn and it’s still pretty easy to get access to the Internet. Technology is a wonderful thing. Nickie and I were able to post updates on our blogs and send some emails out to our family, all from the comfort of our hotel room.

I’m excited to see what changes await us in Voronezh. I hear the hotel there has undergone some upgrades since my last visit, and that there is now an Internet café right there in the hotel. If this is true, it will make updating our blogs very easy to do. We’ll post more information as we have it. Until then, here is a photo of us in Red Square: