We are now almost one week in Moscow. But still no bike… It should be here, but the bagage people in the trainstation are still trying to find it between the bagage. At least this is what they are claiming. If we don’t get more news soon, we will have to go the station to find out more ourselves.

In the meantime we can have some rest and do some site seeing. In the last weekend there was a great airshow called MAKS. Unfortunately the weather was so bad we decided not to go. The alternative was a horse show on the red square. It was a fantastic show. We had seen a lot of horses in Central Asia and Mongolia. But the guys and girls here showed us a lot of skills. They seemed like gymnasts on horses to me.

The bad weather continued, this is no big deal as there are many interesting museums in Moscow. One of the best I believe is the Tretyakov Gallery. It has a huge collection of Russian painters. The only problem was getting there. We travel by using the metro like most people in Moscow, but I only have one pair of summer shoes here, and also no jacket. We put too much in the train cargo apparently. So we arrived a bit wet in the Tretyakov gallery. But we enjoyed the nice paintings here. I am already thinking to go back some time. One visit is not enough here.

Before visiting the Kremlin, we made a walk through the TSUM and GUM. They have more choice in clothes etc than in Europe I think, but the prices are a lot higher as well. Following the Red Square, and the eternal flame, we have also visited the Kremlin. The cathedral square here is impressive. If you take the tour in the Ivan the Great belltower, you get the overview of the Kremlin which is pretty impressive. The view from the top is also nice.

If you still have some energy left, there is the Moscow nightlife. We found a lot of American looking places. I don’t understand this very well, it must be some kind of love/hate relationship between Russia and America.