Friday, while The Boy headed to the office for another day of auditing, I headed into town for a bit of shopping and to meet up with an old friend from Kenya. Who would have ever thought that I’d be able to stop and visit a friend from 15 (ahem) years ago while on an […]
Vacation
Chillin {Literally) in the Office
The Boy told me that the ladies at his office had wondered where I was the day before. They needn’t worry long – wild horses couldn’t keep me away after I learned that there was air-conditioning. I needed to do a bit of work, anyway, so it was convenient as well. It was really wonderful […]
I May Not Speak Russian, But I’m Not Stupid
After breakfast, we met V in the hotel lobby and headed to the famous Izmaylovo Market. It’s a giant flea market located just outside our hotel (the fun buildings in most of my earlier Look at the Smog from our Hotel Window! photos). If we wanted to buy it, it was available. V came along […]
Please Don’t Ask for Our Papers
The Boy awoke, refreshed and ready to go. I awoke, groggy, sticky and jealous of his ability to sleep in a strange hotel, in a foreign country, with the door propped open and only furniture and glass bottles to protect us. Now I’m just sounding bitter. But that’s how I felt, probably because I was […]
I Hope I’m Pointing at the Right Thing
We’d learned the night we arrived that our hotel stay included a breakfast buffet. We’d even managed to figure out where the buffet was located in the massive hotel complex – all significant victories when 1) you’re jet-lagged, 2) everything is written in Cyrillic and 3) virtually no one speaks English. Side note: there is […]
I Can’t See The Ground…
Our flight to Moscow was fairly non-eventful. It was our first time travelling on Singapore Air and we both agreed that the service was top-notch. Even the coach seats (where we lowly trying-to-pay-off-the-house-and-go-on-a-trip folks sit) were spacious and comfortable. {Can I get a whoo-hoo? Anyone?!?} As we were on our final descent into the airport, […]
It’s An Adventure
As I mentioned several posts ago, my birthday present from The Boy was a trip with him to Moscow. Very exciting! Little did we know when we booked our tickets that by the time we left the US, Moscow would be firmly in the grips of a weeks-long heat wave and buried under dense smog […]
There is Too Much. Let Me Sum Up
This year’s vacation got off to an inconspicuous start. We were totally unprepared, with no time to plot or plan. Life circumstances led us to cancel vacation, then reschedule it five days later. Talk about hectic. So hectic, in fact, that I didn’t even take a journal to capture the stories of our trip while […]
So I {Still} Can’t Keep a Secret
Ok, ok…I won’t make you wait several weeks to find out what The Boy has gotten me for my birthday. He called the other day and asked if I could get time off of work to hop on a plane: He will be traveling for work, but my present is to travel purely for fun […]
A Hayley Vacation: Returning Home
Our bags are packed, we’re ready to go and suddenly the cabin doesn’t seem so homey anymore. We’re up before dawn and in a rush to get back to…well, the daily rush. One final group portrait to commemorate our trip and we’re on the road, heading south to the Lone Star State and Real Life.