Linda, sorry to hear about the ongoing eye saga, but glad it's getting better. How about a fashionable new eye-patch?
I think your trip will do you wonders. Been chatting with some nice British ladies (one's a transplant to Canada now, but still counts) lately on here (shout-out to TryingToDo180 and Not Quitting). Wish I was going! I've wanted to go back there since I went on a 6-wk European trip in HS!
Funny how Moscow has become the most expensive city on the planet since the demise of the USSR, huh?