Getting ready
Why am I doing this?
01.02.2012 - 03.03.2012
37 °C
I have been talking about the Russian leg for something like 20 years; wanting to stand in Red Square in the depth of winter. I also made a promise to an ex colleague that I would visit her and her husband in Israel someday, there is a cousin in Scotland and friends in Birmingham and London, with some old colleagues in Austin and a new friend in Chicago.
It all had to revolve around being in Red Square in winter. When the film 'The Russia House' was released I went to see it as I am a fan of John Le Carre and his fantastic stories. There was a scene between Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer were the camera circled them while they were deep in conversation in Red Square, away from 'listening devices' and the like and the camera portrayed the whole of Red Square as background. I was very impressed and said to myself I must be there and see it for myself.
So this is it.
The irony is that over the years I have seen the film a number of times and now I have the DVD and I have never seen that scene again so it was probably 'Gorky Park' or something similar, but I have made my plan and I will be there in just a couple of weeks. All the arrangements have been made with most of the people that I will be staying with and I am now in the throes of putting things in a case with cool stuff for Israel, and warm stuff when I get to the far northern hemisphere.
I have the ticket all confirmed and most of the accommodation and so I just have to check all the details again and again and set off for the World.
Wish me luck and I will try and keep this up to date as I travel for the whole month of February 2012.
Posted by Fletch1 23.01.2012 05:22 Archived in Australia
