Leaving Moscow

So for the last day in Moscow we had time in the morning to get some extra sleep. We were going to leave Moscow at 13.00 with the bus for Ivanovo. But a lot of time once again turned into a last minute race in the massive Moscow traffic. Without the excellent driving skills of Larissa and iPad map reading from Olga, Anders and I would have missed the bus.

The bus ride was kind of interesting outside temperature about 25 and bus temperature about 35. Also we had some trouble on the way, firstly a massive traffic out of Moscow since half of the city was heading for their dachas to spend the weekend in the wonderful weather. Later the bus broke down and we eventually had to abandon ship and board another bus.

But all this aside, when we were nearing Ivanovo we were amazed with the wonderful nature. It reminded us much of home, but bigger.

When arriving in Ivanovo only 2 hours after the planned time we were once aging met by wonderful people. Anders and I went with our host Alexander to his house where he had prepared a party for us with some of his friends. We had a great dinner and a lot of friendly discussions. Closer to midnight we went on an excursion in downtown Ivanovo.

Perfect end for a very long day.

//Oskar