I have decided to invest in a pair of dr martens - other moscow blogger recommends strongly waterproof boots, and I have already expressed my view on advice given from said blogger - see above. I am currently procrastinating, so to do a bit more background stuff for upcoming visit probably makes good sense - I doubt I will have received another email or facebook message in the last minute (procrastinators of the world will know exactly what I mean!).

The Moscow metro map (I will resist the urge to call it a tube), looks remarkably logical and regardless of the architectural qualities, seems straightforward to navigate. I will, of course, have a more authoritative view of this next week.

I still plan to go to have a look at Gorky Park, but suspect that the novel/film and the Scorpions reference to it make it a bit more of a destination than it would otherwise be, but if old spacecraft and big ferris wheels are your thing, it would appear to hit the buttons. What sounds a lot more interesting is Victory Park - or Park Pobedy, something that seems to have been put together in the later days of the Soviet times - quite a lot of history there, and probably worth spending some time looking at. Naturally Red Square, GUM, Lenin, Kremlin etc are all in the plan - hopefully should manage to get most of that done in one day.

On a slightly different note, Domodedovo airport has probably one of the most user friendly and informative English web sites I have encountered for an airport - littered naturally with literal translations that you see at every non English speaking hotel and airport in the world. Why don't they have a crack at the translation, then just grab the first English person from the departures lounge they can find and ask them if it makes sense? Beats me.

Off to get some boots now.

Until.........