Here I am. I'm posting this so when you see this picture on the Post Office Most Wanted board you'll know who it is!

Rob, That picture of Saint Basil's Cathedral is really cool-and brings back some memories. Lenin's Tomb and the Kremlin wall will be right off your left. Thats a pretty cool city to visit and the subways are awsome! Sure would like to go back for another visit. We stayed in the Rotsia Hotel right on the other side of the cathedral-over your right shoulder. Only thing I found not to my liking was the food. I'm sure they have some good stuff to eat there-I just never found it. 

Hey Ron,  Yeh, Russia is a different place all right!  Black caviar and good Russian vodka... a nice Cuban cigar...while being attended to by a few of Moscow's most beautiful young ladies is about as close to heaven as I'll ever get.  Hmmm...did I say ladies?  Better change that to read "my wife" just so I don't get in trouble if she ever reads this thread  ...  yeh right, like that would ever happen.  

I love old Moscow, especially the Arbat section, absolutely beautiful!  I have noticed though some changes happening...the "Americanization of Moscow".  Used to be you almost never saw a young woman who was fat.  Now, they're all over!  2 reasons, fast foods, and more cars.  I would say that there are probably at least 4 or 5 times as many cars in Moscow today than there was in 2000.  The sad truth is that it's almost impossible for many native Moscovites to live in they're own city any more...they can't afford to!  Real estate in Moscow is untouchable...it's really astounding!  If only I had more $$ say 5 or 6 years ago.

Rob

I miss Moscow, didn't get over this past summer...this is the view from one of our apartments.

and of our "old" summer house about 20 minutes outside of Moscow...this old cabin was built around 1915 or so!

Man, I miss this stuff!!  Hopefully will be back behind the sticks before too long...and maybe even back behind an xacto knife this year as well!