Strolling through Victory Park, a place built in memory of the defeat of the Germans, I've been struck by the prevelance of flowers in Moscow.

While Amsterdam is famed for it's stalls of tulips I've never really seen the locals carrying them that much.

But in Moscow everyone seems to be clutching bouquets flowers. Men. Women. Young and Old. They're clealry wrapped as gifts for others but I thought what a great and unremarked custom. Whoever you are to bring flowers to the person you're visiting.

Makes me want a return to pipes and hats all over again.