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Itinerary
Tuesday April
14th:
Well, the drive to the airport,
the flight on Aeroflot was a piece of cake only one problem, as we are
taking off old eagle eye Rick spots his bag on the on a baggage
handler's cart. Opps! We arrived in Moscow right on schedule, filed a
claim for the missing bag. We were grateful that we had brought our
survival jackets as carry on luggage! The temperature is Zero degrees
Celsius with a foot of snow on the ground. This is unusual for Moscow
this time of the year. I wonder if this is any indication of how the
North Pole weather will be.
"Joe's still on unsteady ground after the
long
flight from New York"
Arrived at the Russia Hotel, a
hotel that can accommodate a mere 6,000 people. It's right across from
Red Square. Every view from each window of the hotel surpasses the
next.
"We arrived to find this view from our hotel window.
This is the famous Kremlin in Red Square."
After our arrival the rest of
the day was spent in search of the missing
bag. In our travels we met
the Austrian organizer, Ivan, his photographer Fritz, and the Russian
organizer Sergei. We even went to a Russian cosmonaut village. Success,
the bag was found.
"Austrian Balloonist Fritz in front of the Kremlin
Bell.
And you thought the Liberty Bell had problems."
Tomorrow it is the search for
the missing balloon. We will try to leave for Khatanga by evening,
Moscow time. We're here! On to the pole!
" Does our sponsor Buckley's Chimney Service want to
clean these Chimneys?"
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