one of the seven sisters

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Well, you know, you move to Russia and go to the grocery store and can't READ anything and which of the entire row of yogurts do we buy? Have you ever seen a entire case of sour cream? Cottage cheese? Man, they like their dairy here. Also, they seem to be into hot dogs. But certainly no shortage of tea, cookies, bread, chips, pears, or frozen pelimeni.

I'm sure the speed and the incline of the escalator at the metro are not ADA approved. I feel like I need a running start to hop on, and whoa, is it steep. We rode the metro to the Bolshoy Circus. It was mostly the same as any nice circus you've been to, except on the way in, you can get your picture taken with a monkey.

Plan on seeing a lot of the building you see here, it's one of the famous "Seven Sisters" and is right out our door. A famous ballerina lives there, which window, I wonder. Which ballerina?

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9 responses to “one of the seven sisters”

  1. Jim Madril Avatar
    Jim Madril

    When I read your title, I thought it was about Scarlett; another person who has six sisters. Better too many choices then the bare shelves of Niamey. It sounds like you guys are doing great and getting about. Enjoy a blini with strawberry preserve for me!

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  2. carolee Avatar
    carolee

    So good to see you back! What a contrast to postings on Niamey — now we will see pictures of a big city! I haven’t traveled in a year and am living vicariously through you!

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  3. carolee Avatar
    carolee

    So good to see you back! What a contrast to postings on Niamey — now we will see pictures of a big city! I haven’t traveled in a year and am living vicariously through you!

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I’ve seen those sisters when I visited my daughter (Moscowmom). I found it fun and interesting to go to the grocery store with her and almost fell over when she told me the prices of different things (such as fresh tulips in Dec. and ground beef). That day we were down in the center of Moscow at Stockman (no longer there) and it was an upscale grocery store. I understood why she wasn’t buying those tulips that would have been around $8 at my local grocery store chain in southern New England. We then went to a birthday parties at one of her friend’s and there were floral bouquets everywhere that she’d received as gifts and I really could appreciate the value of them.
    Hope you and my daughter get to meet soon.

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  5. mc Avatar
    mc

    I agree Moscow seems 180 degrees (in the shade) different from Niamey, what a contrast. Sound like your sleeping habits are improving no more jet lag, you’re no longer a midnight creaper day light sleeper.

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  6. Catherine Avatar

    Seven Sisters? Is there a Russian version, too? The only ones I know are the astrological (astronomical?) ones, the Pleiades and the women’s colleges, Smith, Vassar, Mount Holyoke and the like.

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  7. MamaLana Avatar
    MamaLana

    Please have some pilmeni and sour cream for me! Oh yum. You need all that dairy (and butter) because Winter is coming!

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  8. Kathy Moore Avatar
    Kathy Moore

    Have you seen any tulips in the store yet? It is all mums here in Portland and small pumpkins. I wish I could put four in the mail to you so you could Autumn compliments of the Little Store.
    Can’t wait to see more of your adventure!

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  9. clay Avatar

    Hi guys,
    Enjoying the 7 sisters.
    Here’s the 7 sisters I always enjoyed:

    B.C. mountains. love’em.
    Keep up the blog, I’m missing Moscow.
    ciao, clay

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