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| | Russia - Moscow - Travel Tales - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Lorry Patton's Travel Tips 'n' Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15) |
 | | I arrived excited, slightly nervous, and, since this was the land of my ancestors, more than mildly curious. |
 | | I left, two weeks later, bewitched by the arts, bothered by the lack of hope and joy, and bewildered by the fact that a dominate world power didn't offer its people simple luxuries such as a telephone book or soft toilet paper. |
 | | Bump, bump, over ruts and holes, squeezing, pushing, and edging in and out of four lanes of traffic where only three should be, past block after block of tall, grey buildings. |
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