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November 3, 2013

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Father Mike

It was time for Sunday mass so Richard and Sasa took us to their Parish where they go to

The parish priest is Father Michael Ryan who is a Marist priest born in Ireland and raised in England. He spent ten years in Mindanao. Coincidentally, he was assigned to Our Lady of Mt Carmel in New Manila where he met Sasa’s parents. Sasa’s Mom taught him how to make pandesal because she was afraid he was not going to have enough to eat in Mindanao

He has been living in Moscow for over ten years and ministers to several different communities including diplomats, French and English speaking Africans and Filipinos

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November 2, 2013

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Farmer’s Market at Moscow

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Sasa took us to this market, Dorogomilovsky, which is a fresh market!

We always try to go to the local fresh market in every country we go to. I did not know that photos were not allowed till I went out of the place! Maybe that’s why some people were getting mad at me yet some people were okay with it and even smiling at me 🙂

honey!!

Love how they display their fruits!!!

and vegetables

This guy was happy 🙂

Dairy section! Cheese!!

Caviar for 1/3 to 1/2 the price from the supermarket at Gum

I told you they were happy 🙂

There’s a bakery on the side but it was closed already when we got there

honey!!

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November 2, 2013

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Bosco Fiori

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Even after lunch, we are thinking of food! 🙂 Richard and Sasa took us to this beautiful supermarket in the mall. I guess it is cheaper to go food shopping than fashion shopping, so I’ll vote for food shopping 🙂

It’s a long strip and goes down a long stretch in the mall on the ground floor

We never had caviar during the trip which is sort of strange, but anyway we saw them and we just looked at them! 🙂 All kinds and in all price ranges

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November 2, 2013

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No. 57

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It was already 3pm and we had not had our lunch so as soon as we arrived at the mall, we went to eat!

The place was full at 3pm!

It is a self service type of place – get your tray and put what you see in the assembly line 🙂

Desserts in the beginning of the line til you reach the end with bread -reverse! 🙂

When I took this photo, there was still 1 piece of chicken ala kiev in the very end- well that was the last for the day! haha. And it was very good! My sister got that piece and it had cheese also aside from just butter

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November 1, 2013

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Gum

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After the Kremlin, we walked a few minutes to get to the Red Square and to where the shopping center was, Gum. It was raining so it was quite gloomy and there were still scaffoldings in the red square since they just had some ceremonies in the area

Celebrating 120 years

Pink bike 🙂

Several scooping stations around the mall

We tried this one since Sasa recommended it – bragging about the dairy from Russia which is supposedly very fresh and very good

Richard calls this “The feel good store.” You will find everything 3 to 4 times the price in here compared to Izmaelova! 🙂 Previous entry: Izmaelova October 30, 2013

We were so excited we thought we saw Tessa in the mall! 🙂

We took a peep outside the mall

Photo opportunity with St. Basil’s Cathedral. Because the weather was not so good, we were trying to just take photos from one of the entrances of the mall

Then we decided to just go near since we don’t do this all the time! 🙂 Beautiful exteriors but they say not so nice inside, so we just took a group photo 🙂 Trying to hide the umbrellas but they still came out in the photo! haha

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November 1, 2013

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The Moscow Kremlin

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The following day was the actual tour of the Kremlin. We just walked from our hotel to get here

A unique looking bunch of trees in the premises

Inside

Photos were not allowed inside but the museums were amazing!!!

Our tour guide who limps but is very strong and walks faster than all of us 🙂

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November 1, 2013

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Diorama at the Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow

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Before going to dinner, Richard and Sasa took us to the Radisson Hotel

There is a diorama in the lobby of the hotel which they purchased at an auction

It’s a good idea to come here before you visit the Kremlin and there is a recording you can listen to to give you a background on the city

I took a photo with people so you can see the scale of the diorama

It highlights and talks about the different monuments and buildings in the area – so it is a good short and quick tour already

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October 31, 2013

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Armenian Food in Moscow

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I told you this guy was funny! 🙂 Here is Richard demonstrating how to eat the gigantic Xiao long baos! Khinkali 🙂

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It was our first time to try Armenian food.

While going to our table, we saw the waiter carrying this! 🙂

Buzzer to call the sexy server 🙂

I always check out the dinnerware to see what brand and where it is made 🙂

My sister ordered this Tarragon soda which was very refreshing 🙂

Harcho

This was my favorite dish and it was popular as well with the others- kebabs kebabs kebabs! 🙂And this chicken which was wiped out! We wanted to order more but they ran out already

Dolma -Stuffed Grape leaves

Baklava

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October 31, 2013

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Shashlick at Ismaelova

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Since we were in Izmaelova the whole day, we of course had lunch there. They had a row of all these grilling stations and it’s quite confusing which one since they all look so good!!!! We just followed Richard and Sasa 🙂

They are not cheap even if it is in a flea market -It is like you were in a restaurant even if the plates are disposable and the tables are not fancy. I don’t know if it is because we are in Russia, or just because they don’t have much competition in the market 🙂 Nevertheless it is so yummy!!!

We got from this station 🙂

They call them shashlicks I just call them kebabs everywhere and Heart2Heart loves loves kebabs! Salmon- dad always gets the healthier alternative 🙂

Pork- tender and yummy!!

Lamb Chops! Yummy!

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