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I am safe and well and updating from an internet cafe in our hotel in Moscow. We flew from O'Hare in Chicago to Stockholm, where we had a four hour layover, then an hour and a half flight to Moscow. The Stockholm flight was amazing -- little touch-screen tvs in the back of every seat so you could choose your own movie or tv show to watch in-flight. The food was amazing, and it all made it ok that I only really slept for about an hour. The Stockholm airport was like a gigantic IKEA, and we saw a woman wearing two hats -- indicating that she was a member of the Swedish royal family. I managed several times to be the idiot American, something I've continued here. Hopefully I'll start understanding what people are saying to me once I've been here a bit longer and get some sleep. My roommate seems really cool, as do the other people. I miss my friends and my bed and my lady, but once we get going again I'll be okay. It's odd, most of what I miss are things that I wouldn't have even if I was back home (the engineer, for instance), but I do miss my cell phone and my car. I'm such an American. I have rubles and Swedish Kroner now, so I feel like a real international traveller. We're not allowed to drink the tap water, so there's bottled water for drinking as well as brushing our teeth. I hope everyone's doing well, I'll keep you posted on my various trials and tribulations when I'm not so worn out.

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you should eat at cafe margarita....especially if you've ever read bulgakov's novel master and margarita. then you can see the pond and everything. anyway, it's a cute place with good food.

I haven't read it, but I did see his grave!

yay for being stupid americans!

Every day is a humbling experience in having absolutely no clue what I'm doing. Yay. I guess a future as an expatriate isn't in the works any time soon.

i heart stupid americans.
enjoy russia!