1st October
2011
Arrived at Heathrow and
was pleasantly surprised that my bag only weighed 19kg, wish I had put a bit
more in but to be honest I don’t think I could fit anything else in. My hand luggage was so heavy that I needed
some help to put it in the overhead locker! It is one of the joys of being
vertically challenged. The flight wasn’t
busy so had the seat next to me free. I
was sat in the row behind the bulkhead between cattle and business class and
the ladies in front had to put their handbags in the overhead locker. The male cabin crew member put one bag up in the overhead locker but behind him was a young Russian lady with a fake Chanel bag and she got really huffy that he didn’t put hers up.
Arrived at Domodevo and
saw the Russian spectacle of men meeting wives/mothers/girlfriends giving
bunches of flowers. It was quite sweet. The Vienna Boys Choir came through as well,
dressed in their sailor suits.
My flight landed early so
I had a bit of a wait until the driver came.
His name is Alexander and he can't speak hardly any English! We went to the car and lo and behold it was a S class Merc with blacked out windows. It was so cliché, but very comfortable. Russian drivers OMG!!!!!!! Road rules, what
road rules? I think Alexander likes to pretend he is with the mafia or
something as anyone would think he was in Grand Theft Auto but with cheesy
Russian pop music being played on the radio.
The traffic in Moscow is terrible!
It felt like we were driving around Moscow for ages. It took Alexander 2 hours to get to the
airport.
Pulled up to where my
flat is and again another Russian cliché.
It is in a circa 1960’s/1970’s or even earlier tower block and there is a
code to get into the building and a door you have to unlock on your floor to get into where your flat is.
I am on the 12th
Floor of 20 and the flat hasn’t been lived in for ages. It is a nice size and if it had some money
spent on it, it could look amazing. I
only spent a few minutes in it as I had to go shopping to get some food.
Russian supermarkets,
well what can I say; most things I could kind of understand as they were well
known brands but naturally more expensive and being so tired I almost forgot to
pick up my change at the checkout. Food is expensive in
Moscow so I am going to have to get to know Russian brands.
Got back to my flat
realised how dirty is it, so have started off by sweeping the laminate floors
and this has made a difference already.
I am going to ask A’s wife if she has some cleaning equipment I can
borrow as have to get the flash or equivalent on the floor and don’t get me
started on the bathroom!!! Will have to get someone to check out the washing machine as think it is leaking.
Think whoever got the
furniture was a bit of a narcissist as there are loads of mirrors. I can’t get away from them. At Padworth they were on three sides of the
bathroom but at least the flat is light and
airy. I have put my icon from Sienna up
and also my three pictures from Catherine.
Will get a pin board asap to put other stuff up or even blu tack.
Luckily I don’t start
until 4.45pm tomorrow with L so get to have a bit of a lie in.
No comments:
Post a Comment