Monthly Archives: July 2012

After two full days of sightseeing, I asked Randy how he wanted to end his marathon sightseeing weekend. When he replied the Tretyakov Gallery I inwardly sighed.  We had just finished a lovely picnic in the yard behind Tolstoy’s House and I was on a sightseeing high. Really Dad, an art museum?? While I haveContinue reading “Tretyakov”

Adam & Fo at Lenin Metro Novodevichy Convent –Fotini

Everyone has heard of how expensive Russia is.  So lets play a little price is right. Which of these cost 600 rubles/20 USD. Number 1: A very ugly umbrella bought under duress during a thunderstorm.  Keep in mind this is a brand name umbrella, everyone has heard of the Zest brand after all. And Adam LOVESContinue reading “The Price is Right”

Boy does this country love them some cupolas!  And Saturday sighseeing inevitably meant that we would see lots of them.  First, of course, the most famous: But we saw other stuff too!  For example, the Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery.  Yes, the convent had cupolas.  But it also had one of the most beautiful (and certainly quirkiest)Continue reading “Another Day, Another Cupola”

Adam loves smiles.  He has his game down pat.  He stares at the back of someone’s head until they turn around and give them a smile.  Then he smiles back quickly before turning his head away and hiding in shyness.  Then he will glance back out of the corner of his eye to see ifContinue reading “Smile for a smile”

This morning after Adam’s morning nap we headed out to see Lenin. We had to wait on line. Can you spot Adam? We weren’t allowed to bring our cameras past this point so we’ll have to be creative in our desciptions to keep our readers attention 🙂 We had to walk into his tomb which looks like this fromContinue reading “Lenin and Adam Meet Again”

–Fotini

I like to tell Fo and Adam, it’s the journey, not the destination, that makes it all worth it.  That’s a tough sell at 7PM when a cranky, hungry, certain someone (hint: not naming names but its someone who is not on an all-liquid diet) has been lugging the stroller through the underground labyrinth of Moscow.  So IContinue reading “Adam's Moment with Vladimir L.”

I asked Randy to pick up a few staples from the commisary… What we have here are two frozen pizzas, catfish, chilli, chorizo, all the fixings for peanut butter and jelly and three types of ice cream.  Oh and milk. –Fotini

Pajama days in our house are reserved for special occasions, when we’re not feeling well, when we need a little extra TLC, when we want to stay home and cuddle. Pj Day Today Adam got to enjoy a pajama day for the first time for no reason at all, simply because he took a longContinue reading “Pajama Day”