From Bearded Babushkas to vodka shooters

Sorry for the delay since the last post....we've been busy!! We finally said "Goodbye" to St. Petersburg after debating whether to stay another day or so, but Moscow was calling our names too loudly for us to ignore it! Moscow is nothing short of ginormous, to say the least - 10 million people (that they know of, not including the 2 million est. or so living there illegally) and very expensive but also very vibrant and interesting. We saw the Kremlin, Red Square, and St.Basils (onion domed multicoloured church in middle of Red Square)and went to a Banya where we sweated and beat out bodily toxins with birch twigs like the Russians do... and that was all interesting enough, however the highlight of our visit to Moscow was meeting/staying with Zhenya, our host through GlobalFreeloaders. She and her boyfriend, Dima, went out of their way to proudly show us their city, driving us around to the country-side, taking us to bars, making sure we were fed well, and making us a home-away from home for a couple of days. Thank-you Zhenya and Dima!!! We are now in L'viv (Ukraine) and it's one of our favourite cities so far (beautiful and so cheap! Our hotel is only 20$ a night for both of us!). Tomorrow we start making our way to Romania in search of Dracula in the Transylvannian mountains! Internet time is running out so I have to go. Will post pics as soon as I can! Nick