Greetings from Moscow!
That is amazing to say…lol! Let’s
back up to the flights that delivered us here.
From Houston was very smooth and on-time. Traveling business class allowed us access to
the First Class Lounge so we got to wait for the flights with the noble class
and not the peons. Foodl and drinks are
included at the lounge so we ate and drank sodas… The seats on the plane were in the upper deck
and quite comfy. Dinner was served and was actually quite tasty
– B had a steak and I had red snapper.
After dinner I watched a movie and then we went to “sleep”. It is in quotes because even though our seats
made into beds neither of us slept much.
lots of legroom
lots of legroom
Our flight left at 4pm and arrived in Frankfurt, Germany
8 hours later (which was then 730am with the time change) Upon arrival we once again headed for the
first class lounge where we heard our plane was delayed 30 minutes… An hour and half later, we boarded a bus that
was a 10 minute ride to our plane – really strange, climbing stairs and
boarding the plane from outside, like in the 60’s. And this was Luftansa! So we finally left Germany about 2pm and
arrived in Moscow around 5pm. Clearing customs
and passport immigration was smooth but another hour involved. After getting our luggage, we found the lady
from Viking who was our greeter for transport.
We waited about another hour for some other passengers and finally got
on the bus to go to the ship.
Once aboard the bus, the tour guide explained it was approximately 35 miles to the ship and would take 2 hours to get there??! This was our first experience with Moscow traffic – imagine the worst congested traffic you have ever driven in and multiply this by 100 and you will have some idea of Moscow traffic. They told us there were over 5 million cars in Moscow alone. But on the bright side, we were going so slow I was able to capture 3 brand new Pokemon – my first in Russia! And Moscow is covered in Pokestops so I enjoyed the ride and leveled up – lol! (For those of you that don’t understand, this is a game you can play on your phone but you must be walking or moving locations to gain points.)
Moscow Airport
Once aboard the bus, the tour guide explained it was approximately 35 miles to the ship and would take 2 hours to get there??! This was our first experience with Moscow traffic – imagine the worst congested traffic you have ever driven in and multiply this by 100 and you will have some idea of Moscow traffic. They told us there were over 5 million cars in Moscow alone. But on the bright side, we were going so slow I was able to capture 3 brand new Pokemon – my first in Russia! And Moscow is covered in Pokestops so I enjoyed the ride and leveled up – lol! (For those of you that don’t understand, this is a game you can play on your phone but you must be walking or moving locations to gain points.)
our view from the bus never changed
When we finally arrived at the ship, it was 930pm local
time – the journey from bed to bed was about 28 hours!! Ahhh – the cabin is small, but the bed is
luxurious! And I am writing this at
midnight on the 2nd night, so I will tell you about Moscow and more
in the next blog as my comfy bed is calling…lol!
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