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Russia with a twist!

I have travelled all over the globe, but for some reason my travels have never taken me through Russia. Obviously there were times in history when Russia was a bit of a no go area, but now that that situation had changed,. I thought it was about time that I added another country to the map of where I have been in the world! I started to investigate the country from the comfort of my computer seat, and I soon started to realise that I had been missing out all these years for not considering taking a trip to Russia. It seemed like a very exciting place to be with all sorts of things to do.

The first thing that caught my eye was the chance to fly in a MIG 29. This is a very famous fighter jet, and opportunities like this don’t come around too often. Add to that the chance to experience space travel by visiting the Russian space training centre outside of Moscow, and you can see how much fun it is possible to have in this great country. I was determined that I would visit the space centre. I had grown up imagining that I would be an astronaut when I grew up! Now that I am the ripe old age of forty I think that I finally have to accept that it is not going to happen, but how fantastic to be able to pretend, though, if only for one day.

Russia is not all about having fun though. I think it is important to reflect on all of the bad things that have happened there to gewt a good perspective of what it is like today. It is for this reason that I will be visiting the military museum to learn more about the borodino panorama.