Hello, Hello! It's getting close to the witching hour and all of the details are falling into place. As I am sure you know by now, it's the night before departure and for once I am almost ahead of the power curve.

Packing is finished and almost every minute detail my overactive mind could come up with has been satisfied. If I could only go to sleep....then again, it's a 13 hour flight from Atlanta to Moscow, maybe I should sleep then and arrive fresh.

I have included a picture of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square for your viewing pleasure, but it's not one that I have taken myself. I do look forward to getting those posted as soon as I can start taking them. Speaking of which, where did I put that cable for uploading photos from my camera??? I'll find it, but that figures....just when you think you have everything you realize there is one more thing that you need! Murphy's Law should be put right next to Newton's Laws. Always right, scientifically agreed upon, and eternally true. (Some scientist is going to read this and want to argure that statement, but you know what I mean.)

It's 8am in Moscow right now, and weather in Moscow is forcasted to hit a high of 62F, and a low of 39F. It's currently 51F and misting according to the weather underground website. Tomorrow is forcasted to be 57F/37F 20% chance of rain....Boy, am I glad packed a jacket and pants!! Apparently they are just getting to springtime, whereas here in sunny, humid, scorching San Antonio we have already been cruising in the 80's and 90's with high humidity.

Well, the urge to rest is finally coming to me and I have an enormous day tomorrow. I am going to quintuple check my list again, and try to get some shut eye. Cheers! Talk to you soon.

- NC.