Moscow - Trip 2 - Day 8
Saturday, January 26, 2008
We met a very nice transplanted Alabamian (is that a word?) Dinia W. on the Delta flight over from Atlanta to Moscow. Dinia & her husband Ron have lived in Russia for about 5 years now — in Moscow for 2 of those. She’s been following our progress over the past few days and sent us email a couple of days back asking if we’d like to go with them to the market this weekend.
The Vernisage Ismailovo is a large, outdoor shopping market, loaded with the kinds of Russian souvenirs, crafts & goods that you’d find on Old Arbat (and much, more!) but at awesome prices. You can easily spend a couple of hours browsing around among the vendor stalls.
Dinia, Ron & their driver, Vladimer (front):
Rows of vendor stalls at the Vernisage Ismailovo:
Ron & Dinia also treated us to some very tasty chicken shashlik (kebabs) with flatbread. Afterwards, the chefs insisted that Ron & Rob pose with them over the smokey barbeque pit:
We really enjoyed our day out with our new friends and got lots of souvenirs to take back home. Thanks Ron & Dinia for a great afternoon!
The Vernisage Ismailovo is a large, outdoor shopping market, loaded with the kinds of Russian souvenirs, crafts & goods that you’d find on Old Arbat (and much, more!) but at awesome prices. You can easily spend a couple of hours browsing around among the vendor stalls.
Dinia, Ron & their driver, Vladimer (front):
Rows of vendor stalls at the Vernisage Ismailovo:
Ron & Dinia also treated us to some very tasty chicken shashlik (kebabs) with flatbread. Afterwards, the chefs insisted that Ron & Rob pose with them over the smokey barbeque pit:
We really enjoyed our day out with our new friends and got lots of souvenirs to take back home. Thanks Ron & Dinia for a great afternoon!
Labels: traveling
posted by Dede at 11:20 PM
6 Comments:
Wow! It looks like lots of fun! But anytime shopping for treasures is involved it HAS to be fun ;)
You look cold! Can Rob cook us up some of that when you get home!
Sounds like lots of fun.
How cool! You guys have had an amazing trip so far! You'll so much to share later with Liam.
Looks like a great day. Thanks for the info on the places to check out for those of us who may be there in the future :)
What types of things did you purchase - any chance we can see the cute souvenirs?
Dede and Rob - can't seem to use yahoo.mail to communicate but wanted to let you know we are one of the families in town right now - have court date Mon, 28 Jan and will be staying for the 10 day waiting period - other than a short trip to St. Petersburg on the 31st. If you want to meet for dinner or coffee, our phone # is 291-0326. We are staying in Bldg 22 on Novy Arbat. Hope to hear from you guys!
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