From Moscow to Shanghai

I got the first proposal from Chris Moore of Audleys. As his company don't do Europe the trip starts for them in Moscow. More of how we get there later.  Chris proposes that we visit the Moscow Metro and sent us some pictures of the architecture of the stations which if you google them you will see are fantastic. Apparently we won't be able to take pics but will buy post cards. Grandpa talks a lot, in his diary, about buying pcs. They take about three weeks to get home and I wonder how long they took in his day.
During the trip, once we get to Moscow, we will have a driver and an English speaking guide except on the trains. Given the fact that we have so far failed to get the gist of the Russian alphabet or the signs, this will be a good thing. I suspect that it will be even more essential in China. We are due to visit the Kremlin, and Red Square and of course the wonderful churches. I want to go to the ballet but am not sure it is quite up Tones street so we will have to see. If you have been to Moscow and have any ideas do let us know please.
We will take the Trans Siberian Express (not really an express I don't think!) and be on it for 4 nights in a first class two berth cabin.
Grandpas train was derailed by terrorists blowing up the track just after Moscow. This is one of the elements of the trip we do not want to replicate.
After four days on the train, we will stay on Lake Baikal for two nights before taking the Trans Manchurian Train to Harbin. Then on via another two separate nights on trains via Dalian to Shanghai.
We will spend four days there before a Yankzi cruise visiting Beijing, the Wall, the Warriors, the Panda project and an irrigation project built 250 years BC that has caught Tone's imagination. Then to see the Dragons backbone rice fields before going to Hingkong. We will stay with Ruy Barretto there and fly home on about 7th June.
In Shanghai we want to try and find places Grandpa and Granny knew. Thanks to my cousins who have given me copies of stuff they have. If anyone has anything else please can I borrow it so that we can spend less time searching for places when we are there.