Zdravstvuyte fellow travellers

Hi Judy I'm on this trip too (2 weeks tomorrow!) but have only just got myself signed in to the Exodus community section. Apologies then that this response is late in the day but yes completing the visa form was way more stressful than I'd anticipated. So much so, I took ages to finish it and only finally handed it in to the visa application centre in London (I work very close by) last Friday. Fingers crossed all is well and I should have it back by Monday! Looking forward to the trip but nervous about how cold it seems to be in Russia at the moment...! See you soon, Catherine

Hi Catherine, I thought others would find the visa difficult - fancy asking for every country you have visited (and the dates) for the last 10 years! A friend and I (Sandra, who is also on the trip) also took ours in but a very sourfaced official told us we had filled in the "type of passport" section wrong and had to redo them at the centre using their computer and disfunctional printer.  Yes weather in Moscow looks colder than I had expected - and St Petersburg is not much better!   Less than 2 weeks to go now. . .