We have our usual breakfast - cheese ,tomato, omlette with black tea and juice. Its a Russian thing, salad for breakfast. We are not big fans of salad but we are getting used to it now !!. The sun is shinning and the roads are good but its still a big ask to get to Moscow - which is still 1000 miles away ( bugger ). We rode all day and arrived in a town called Perm. Moscow will have to wait a little longer. I feel ten times better after my little poorly spell and tomorrow we should be in Moscow and 2 days off to recharge our batteries and see the sights this beautiful city has on offer. Moscow is becoming more and more elusive as we are still 450 miles away and stop in a town called Kazan. As with all of the bigger cities, there are a lot of advertisment boards leading you in to the city. As you ride in you start to see blocks of flats 5 - 6 storeys high but in a poor state of repair, which is a shame as they could look very smart with only a lick of paint. I think Russians probably do not trouble themselves with what the outside looks like as long as the inside is comfortable. Back to our adventure - We ride into the city looking for a hotel, Mark ask's for directions ( he's good at that ) and we get a 3 star hotel - which is nice. We end up eating at a Russian themed restaurant and had lovely meal. It was beef and marks favourite - CHIPS. WE walked back to the hotel which was only 100 metres away and had an earlyish night ( for us anyway ) 11:30pm. Tomorrow - MOSCOW - definately. we'll get there even if we have to " drive all night " as the song say's HaHa . Thought of the day " stay happy".