Another adventure

Today I am embarking on another adventure. I am heading to Moscow, Russia where I will meet my friend G. I will fly out of Buffalo NY and my friend G will fly from Seattle and we will meet at the Moscow airport. After spending a night in Moscow, the plan is to go to Pavlovski Passad, a small town outside Moscow, to meet his friend S and his family. We should spend a couple days with them and than we will spend a few days visiting Moscow. The next plan is a trip to Kiev, than I will head to Budapest and my friend G will return to Moscow. However, all the plans are still pretty open and everything might change depending on how we feel.

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