We are here!!
Hello from Moscow!
It’s hard to believe we are actually here! We left from Philadelphia on Wednesday and after a 13 hour trip, arrived in Moscow at 4:20pm on Thursday. Thanks to those of you who were thinking about us during the plane ride, Violet didn’t do as well as we would have hoped but we survived! At the time of this writing it is Saturday evening about 8:30, we are still recovering from jet lag but overall feeling pretty good. We have had a chance to organize our apartment as well as take a shopping trip to get some needed supplies. Over the next 2 weeks we will spend most of our time adjusting to life here which pretty much means that we will be using the phrase Я не говорю по-русски (I don’t speak Russian) over and over again! =)
Here are some pictures of our apartment & the surrounding area. Enjoy! Thanks for checking out our blog, there will be much more to come from Moscow!
Looking up at our apartment building
Entrance to our building
Playground across the street
View from our bedroom window
View from our living room window
Our apartment building from a couple streets over
Sharma - popular food from street vendors
Family fun before we leave!
Hi Friends,
We leave for R-land on Wednesday!! But today Katrina’s 2 brothers + family came up from Lancaster to spend some time with us before we leave. We had a great roast dinner from Sharon and after that we spent most of the day outside. Here are some pictures of the day, enjoy and thanks for checking out our blog. The next post might come from Moscow!
Our friends Jordan & Megan enjoying a tandem ride!
Bill & Sharon enjoying a tandem ride!
How many can we fit?
Katrina, Sharon & Rachel
Bill is going to really miss Katrina
Family
Last week Micah’s dad and family drove all the way out here to PA from CA just to visit us before we left to go overseas. It was so nice to have them here and show them where we have been living and things we like to do in the area. We also took a few short trips while there were here that included visiting Wilbur’s Chocolate in Lititz, PA.
Tom, Mischelle and Emily
While we were down in the Lancaster area we went to dinner at Shady Maple Smorgasboard. It was soo good, as always. Too bad our stomachs can’t be way bigger just every once in a while, then shrink back down. Oh well! Here is Violet in the gift shop with a little Amish girl bonnet on.
happy looking an Amish girl
Of course we didn’t just eat, even though we did do a lot of that we worked off all the food by playing with our Nintendo Wii.
Not sure who won this game
And we also had some quality bonding time.
Story time
Violet with Grandpa Tom
very sunny out, but Emily loved holding Violet
I'm working on the timer shots 🙂
Well folks, just to let everyone know we have 9 DAYS LEFT until we get on a plane to go overseas! That seems so crazy, but we are so ready and very excited about this upcoming adventure. Please be thinking of us as we deal with getting rid of, storing and packing all of our things. We will try as best as we can to keep you all updated!
Six Sandowiches 