Our first visit of the year was my friend Debbie! She was only here a short time (2.5 days), but we managed check off most things on her must see list. She kicked jet lags BUTTOLA!
She arrived Thursday and I took the metro/train combo to pick her up at the airport. That was a first for me and I am glad to have that experience. It was super easy! The only tough part was schlepping her luggage once we got to my metro station. There’s 70-80 steps and we definitely got our cardio workout! She rested and we set off and walked down Tverskaya to Red Square. I showed her rym mall and took pics of her by St. Basil’s Cathedral. We stopped at LPQ on Kamergersky (a pedestrian street) and had hot chocolate and tea.
Friday we metro’d to Krista’s apt. and her driver took Pat (Krista’s mom), Debbie, and I to the drop off for a Moscow Bus Tour. Krista stayed home (no sitter for Pebbles) and met us later at the Pushkin Cafe for lunch. We enjoyed the tour, but we weren't given many opportunities to get out and take pictures.
Kremlin with water reflection
Saturday, Debbie and I left early and stoped for a coffee on Old Arbat. Then we met some of my friends from AWO and headed over to the open market Izmylava. Debbie did some damage and then we all went to a fun Georgian restaurant for lunch. She ordered lamb chops and thought they were delish! Unfortunately, she thought that 150r meant 150 rubles (about 6 US bucks) but r is a g in Russian (an r in Russian looks like a p). It was the grams. They were A LOT more expensive than that! Thank Goodness they were good! Before we headed back, we stopped at a nearby grocery store so Debbie could by some fancy vodka to take home.
We came home early since Debbie had to get up at 3am Sunday to head to the airport. She was flying to India for work and had a LONG day of traveling ahead of her.
Classic Tourist Picture!
We certainly enjoyed her visit -just sorry it was so short!
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