Siberia, here we come!

Well, where do I begin. We are in Moscow, it is 5am local time. We are 11 hours ahead of you Californians. No problems to report. Both our flights here were slightly delayed, but it has been no big deal. We arrived in Atlanta after our red eyes on tuesday night, and slept from 7am-2pm at the Holiday Inn.. It was a much needed 5hrs since none of us slept on the red eye. Except for Thomas, We arrived in Moscow at 11am. It wasn't a bad flight for being close to 10 hrs long! Thomas slept half the time, which was nice, and Jeanette didn't get sick, which was great!

So.. Moscow... the traffic is still crazy, our trusty driver Vlad. navigated us through any potential problems...
We had aour Russian medicals done today. It only took 5 hrs! I'll share more on that later....

We are in the Renaisannce hotel, and wheeew it is expensive, 400/night, and everything, and I mean everything in this town is expensive! It is the most expensive city in the world, i have heard.
a hamburger - 30 bucks
club sandwich - 25 bucks..

our dollar basically sucks against any and all currency right now... for example...
1 euro gets you 34 rubles (Russian currency)
1 dollar gets you 23 rubles.

we get to the good stuff now... we are off to siberia tonight and will see andrey the same day.. and our day in court follows on 3/4.. i wish i had taken some kind of court room testimony class to prepare! it takes 2 hrs! intense questioning...

so.. we feel good except for waking up at 2am and being wide awake! Thomas is doing well, i am good, jeanette is solid.. she marvels at how beautiful and GQ all the russian men/women are here.. they really do it up! they are really a good looking people!

also, we are travelling with another family from Ohio.. a pharmacist and a firefighter... the swingles.. really good people, good travelling buddies!

and, it snowed like crazy over night so Thomas in his brand new snow gear had the time of his life! it was really fun to see him enjoy himself!
okk.. i am out, but we'll talk soon!

Greg, Jeanette, and Thomas