A quick update while I drink a coffee and wait for my plane...

We are back in Moscow on our way to Minerlyne Vody to climb Elbrus. St Petersburg was an amazing place. The city is 300 years old and the buildings very beautiful. We visited the Hermitage, a couple musuems, Peter's summer palace (can't spell the name right now), and spent a lot of time just wandering around downtown. The city is huge but very walkable. The metro is like the one in DC - color coded and very easy to use. It's quite different than Moscow. I'd definitely like to come back again some day.

We've lucked out with good weather so far. Hopefully it'll hold up for the climbing part of our trip. Anyway, got to go. Stay tuned for the full length LLC report when I get back home and have an English keyboard to type on...