Let's go to Moscow

September 07 – Cam’s parents, John and Trish Gibbons, came and visited us for three weeks from the end of August to the first part of September. We had a great time. We were cramped in our tiny one bedroom apartment, but it worked out okay. John and Trish were real troupers, they went out by themselves and walked and explored and walked some more all around the city while Cam and Sonja went to work. We did go to Moscow one weekend and it happened to be Moscow’s birthday, 860 years! Would you believe that they control the weather here? They put silver nitrate in planes and fly around and drop it on the clouds and they go away. Yeah, they actually do this. So everyday in the morning it was cloudy and cold but by 11AM it was blue skies the rest of the day! We’re not sure of the effects of the nitrate so the next time you see us we might each have an extra arm or something. Anyway, we all had a great time and took the train to and from Moscow. We went to all kinds of yummy restaurants while they were here so they could try some local cuisine. We were sad to see them go; but they were able to meet up with my aunt in Norway while they were there and they traveled through Europe on their way back to Australia. Trip of a lifetime!