Moscow -

My life has been very much "in the fire participant" of the current worldwide financial crisis over the last couple months.
Flew out of Moscow early this morning. We were driving at 4 am. So only a 20 minute trip. I have sat in the car with Sergey 2 hours at times coming and going from Sheremeteyvo - and even that isn't a long trip.
As I have mentioned before, Moscow is always at its best in the dark. Everything is lit and glows. And with the addition of holiday trees and lights it glows even brighter.
I expect it will be some time before I make the trip back again. As we landed in Amsterdam I had all those reminders of flying with Russians that I will miss - the clapping when the plane lands and the gettting up and pulling out your luggage as soon as the plane has hit the ground and barely begun moving towards the terminal.
It is almost a year ago that I made my first trip to Russia. It grows on you.