A Stop in Moscow

Well, I've made it to Moscow via Frankfurt and have been staying here with my friend Ray who was a teammate of mine on the rowing team at Boston U. Ray is completing a PhD in political science at Oxford and lives here in Moscow while conducting research. In classic American fashion, we went to TGI Friday's to initiate Friday night's revelry.

Moscow is awash with oil money and construction abounds--and I'm told the number of coffee shops has shot up dramatically, though as yet no Starbucks. Last night we made it to an expat party full of Brits and Americans, several of whom said they would also miss the cheap pirated DVD's.

I hope to post some photos and video I've taken here, but have some more learning to do before I can get to it...