Yes! I love his adorable curls. *happy sigh* I hadn't seen anything with him in it before, either, but I got dragged to Terminator a few weeks ago, and he was even adorable in that. Charlie Bartlett was highly enjoyable (plus bonus Robert Downy Jr.!), and Alpha Dog is next on my Netflix cue. Chekov breaks my heart when he says, "Minutes." *wibble*

I did live in Russia, and I speak the language (not as well now as I did when I lived there, obviously, since I don't have anyone to talk to anymore), but strangely enough I never rode the Trans-Siberian! I would love to someday. Their train system is amazing. Good lord do I miss the Moscow metro. But you should definitely visit. There is a ton of amazing stuff to do, especially cultural (lots of theatre and music!) and historical stuff (museums! churches!). It's not so hard to get around not speaking Russian as long as you refresh yourself on the alphabet...