Interview showed up on the Moscow schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AllenK 0]

Just yesterday, Moscow told me they had no idea about our package - never saw it. Today I see our case up on the scheduled interviews page on the Moscow embassy website!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shows what 51 rubles per minute really buys you .

We are on the final approach! February 14 is Natalia's interview. Now I need to find those posts with recommedations on where to stay that is cheap(er), but livable.

[1HappyGuy 45]

Have Natasha check into renting an apartment for a week or however long you need. It will probably be cheaper and more relaxing than a hotel, assuming you are going to be with her.

[Milka 0]

Congratulations and good luck on your further journey.

[Savanphil 3]

Congrats and good luck on the interview

[AllenK 0]

Have Natasha check into renting an apartment for a week or however long you need. It will probably be cheaper and more relaxing than a hotel, assuming you are going to be with her.

Turns out Natalia hates Moscow and doesn't want to be there any more than she has to. I will not be there for the interview. Instead we are spending 2 1/2 weeks together in Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna. I've been looking into hotels such as Ukraina, but the reasonable(er) ones are already booked full - 60 days in advance! I am getting my arms around the fact that this interview is just going to cost about $1,000 + airfare (unless she can take a train). Airfare on Aeroflot is around $1,200. So it is. So it is.

[Medical Moose 0]

Have Natasha check into renting an apartment for a week or however long you need. It will probably be cheaper and more relaxing than a hotel, assuming you are going to be with her.

Turns out Natalia hates Moscow and doesn't want to be there any more than she has to. I will not be there for the interview. Instead we are spending 2 1/2 weeks together in Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna. I've been looking into hotels such as Ukraina, but the reasonable(er) ones are already booked full - 60 days in advance! I am getting my arms around the fact that this interview is just going to cost about $1,000 + airfare (unless she can take a train). Airfare on Aeroflot is around $1,200. So it is. So it is.

Which city is she traveling from?

It's funny, seems all our fiancees hate Moscow...

I've rode the line from St. Petersburg to Moscow round-trip 2 different times. I can tell you, there's drunk creeps on the train. I don't mean to scare you, just don't let her go alone. Make sure her mother or some other family member or friend goes with her, if traveling on the train. Talking about the "sleeping" trains here, where you get on at about 10pm and sleep until your arrival in Moscow at like 6am. That's the St. Petersburg line though, don't know how the others work. But you all know how many drunken creepy dudes there are in Russia, sorry it's the truth. I lived there all summer, you can't walk the streets without seeing people drinking. Not all of those drunk guys are bad, but some are.

-Alex