Moscow

New things

Hey friends! We’ll try to keep posting pictures as we take them. Hopefully we’ll be doing some sightseeing this week before we start our language lessons.

One of two entrances down to the metro at our stop

Little shops on the walk underground to the metro

Violet chasing the pigeons

nearby park

In this next picture, Violet wanted to play with the little boy but I don’t think he wanted anything to do with her. She even gave him a hug! But he didn’t really respond. I think his grandma thought it was kind of funny too. But we couldn’t understand what she was saying to her grandson.

Violet trying to make friends already

She was loving the swings

Soon, a friend is coming over to help me work the washer. It’s kind of difficult knowing which buttons to push considering they are in German. We are so thankful for a washer, and it will be even better when I learn how to operate it!

May 31, 2010 | Categories: Moscow | Comments Off on New things

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!