Here is the picture of the green apple juice from yesterday…… Yuck!!!!!!!
Doug is such a good sport. He drank it all and liked it. The sight of it made my stomach turn……. Oh well, he has been able to eat much more than me this entire time. When we eat, I opt for familiarity like Hard Rock Café or Mc Donald’s and he is always wanting to try something authentic. I think we are trying to meet in the middle. I must say, breakfast was great, pancakes with chocolate sauce, bananas and ice cream. Yum.
Today we walked to red square and saw the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral. The weather is so nice here, about 80 degrees and we both got some sun. Here are a few pictures of our excursion today.
St. Basil's Cathedral
The KremlinA few more tips from Russia-
1. You can buy Ray Ban sunglasses at a steal, (around 20 bucks), as long as you don’t mind the logo washing off when you wash them.
2. Be careful where you sit. Moscow has many pigeons and it could be dangerous. It almost was for us today.
3. The metro can be very confusing. Find a young nice person to help you.
4. You can drive on the sidewalk for a fine of about 2.00 dollars.
5. As a pedestrian, you can cross at the crosswalk (or zebras as our translator called them), and cars are suppose to stop, but they don’t and the fine is also only a mere two dollars.
6. I’ve decided when standing in line, perhaps it is not about where you line up, instead I think it is a lot like driving here. You must be aggressive, or you will get no where.
Tomorrow is our last day in Moscow and then we take an overnight train to Ivanovo. We are excited to see Nadya again and nervous for court. It is starting to feel like the end and then again just the beginning, and we are a little nervous about that. We are mostly nervous for Nadya. We are hoping she is ready for this and does well with the transition.
I’ve been able to email and find out how the boys are doing. Alex and Carter are doing well. Carter misses his mom at night, but apparently Alex is a great comfort reminding him that mommy is in Russia and then tickles his back as I often do. Carter snuggles right up to Alex and falls asleep. Alex can be so sweet.
6 comments:
What a great big brother Alex is! Hope you get your share of Mayo there. They love to dallop it on everything. For budget's sake stay with the beer (hee hee)
Yes Alex is a great brother! I think that you should try the Green apple drink. jk I would not. We still wish you the best and if who ever has the boys needs a break have them call me and they can come play on our new waterslide. good luck and lots of love.
Doug - make sure you take Kristy to Moo-Moo's! It's the safest way for her to try "authentic" russian food... can't wait to see Nadya again!
MMMM! The juice looks.... REFRESHING!!
So sad that you won't be back in time for P.F. Chang on Aug. 22nd.
Have you tried the "jelly" yet? :-)
i'm so glad it's all going well! i must say that drink looks questionable to me!!! lol alex seems like a good brother! glad to hear all are well!
Wow, I am catching up, looked up the blog and wow! How exciting! Know that we are praying for you!
We Hope we can meet Nadya at Thanksgiving!
Give her a hug from her Iowa family!
Here is one for you both!!! XXOO
Love to you!!!
We will be watching for updates!
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