Diorama at the Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow

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

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There is a diorama in the lobby of the hotel which they purchased at an auction
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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 
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I took a photo with people so you can see the scale of the diorama
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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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Click below to go to the website of the hotel

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Pororo The Little Penguin in a Big Racing Adventure

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Pororo has a free mobile app for Android called Pororo Movie Ph App that you can download for free from the Google Play store. The app opens to a short trailer of the movie. ( Click below to go to the App in iTunes store – It’s a FREE App )

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It has a picture frame function which allow the user to take pictures and save it in their photo gallery. They can choose from 3 picture frames.

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It has a coloring book which children can color and play. They can choose from 3 drawings to color. It also includes an augmented reality reader that will show the trailer and a bonus clip, if you point the camera at the movie logo.

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You can also find more information on their facebook page. www.fb.com/pororomovieph

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Celebrating Halloween 2013

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The world is so small, I can see what everyone is doing for Halloween! 🙂  anna-rufino-halloween-2013.jpeg1385120_10151922052169731_115620144_n.jpg

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Oh boy! 🙂 I don’t mind him becoming a priest in real life 🙂
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Love! 🙂 Malyssa Cawa from the States
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 CUTE!!! 🙂

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Tita Millet Mananquil – Lifestyle Editor of the Philippine Star!  
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Mr Blue as french fries!! LOVE!
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My niece Stella as a mermaid! ADORABLE!
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Sideview to see the crochet
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 Iago and Papa Gil Coscolluela

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Michele’s dog 🙂
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From my friend, Apple Consunji

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Popcorn and Cotton Candy!! from Vicky Powell Jalandoni

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I don’t know what they are but I like it because it’s PINK! 🙂
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My cute nieces!
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Baby Ria Hosaka as a pumpkin! CUTE! 🙂
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And the rest of her preschool

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Teletubbies!!!  Daughters of my batchmate Lala Dy!
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Sexy Sandie Poblador in Paris!

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Parpan kids with a nice backdrop!
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Camille, Frances, M. Donnie, Crix and Nicole

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Halloween family of Bubbles Peregrine
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Haha!! Love this one! 
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Cute Duck of Cecile Poblador
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Martina and Monique in Starbucks barista costumes, Bea and Pio Hosaka as Minions, Teo Hosaka as Thing 2 ad Baby Ria as and M&M

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It would have been nice to come to office in costume!!  Good idea Travelwarehouse Inc!

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My batch mate Tricia Tensuan at Enderun

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And even have a meeting 🙂  From the creative team at Smart Infinity with Julie Carceller

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And some nicely decorated homes by Tessa Prieto Valdes

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and Gaita Fores

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My funny and game na game friend, Michele!  Sorry I could not join your Halloween party, I would have come as Cinderella and went home at 10pm haha!!

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hilarious with sister and Mom

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Cute sisters! Reese and Rianna

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 Love this family!! Quentin and Vanessa- Franco and Enzo 

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What a pretty toothfairy!

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and a beautiful one by Ricardo 

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And this is how we spent ours 🙂

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Even the staff have halloween accessories from Mom!

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And our very own Katy Perry

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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 🙂

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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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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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Izmaelova

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After all the bragging Richard did, we got so excited and searched for our own finds!

Previous entry:  Welcome Dinner by Richard and Sasa  October 28, 2013

Richard and Sasa set aside a day for us to go outside about thirty minutes away from the city.  We really spent the whole day here! 🙂  We have been waiting to go here because we were stopping ourselves from shopping in all the souvenir stores we went to in St Petersburg 🙂  This is an outdoor flea market which is why the prices are half or even one third of what you see in the stores!  Make sure to bargain just like any flea market!  We loved this place 🙂

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Matryoshka dolls heaven! 🙂
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Our meeting place since it was a store that had heater and it was enclosed 🙂  Though we also bought quite a few items here – watches and antique gadgets
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Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow

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Our home in Moscow for 4 days.  The hotel was recommended by Richard and Sasa and they helped with the booking.  It’s centrally located though we were not even able to go around the area.  You tend to do the far away places first and then you realize you have not gone around the places nearby!  This always happens 🙂  So we missed going to the beautiful department store that was right across the street!    

I noticed that the newer and more modern hotels make their rooms dark – with very little lighting.  I think I still prefer bright 🙂  When it’s bright you have the option of dimming or reducing the light when you want to be romantic 🙂  But when it’s dark and there are no more options to add more lights, what do you do? 🙂

Day photo of the lobby looking up

Click below to go to their website for more information

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