A Lazy Day

We weren't sure what we were going to do today because we weren't scheduled to see Nick. We wanted to, but we needed a translator to join us one more time to show us the way and no one was available. So we will wait until Monday to see him again. I can't wait!

We spent a good part of the morning researching restaurants and cafes to visit over the next few days. As opposed to our last trip, we are within walking distance of many spots that we're looking forward to trying. I think the difficulty may be having enough energy by dinner time to actually go out. We'll have to work on our endurance for sure, we'll need it when Nick comes home.

We headed out around 11:30am for coffee at Starbucks which is about a 10 minute walk from our place. We found a table outside and had a really nice time sitting in the sun (yes, it was sunny today!) and watching the foot traffic on the Arbat. The only downside was the pushy roaming artist with a friend named Nicolette in Massachusettes. He spoke enough English to know that we weren't interested but he kept acting like he was going to start drawing. I finally said "Nyet" in my firmest voice (anyone who has heard me scold Abby will know the voice, which often makes Bill laugh) and it worked, I guess I'm scarier in Russian!

After Starbucks we walked around a bit and then went to the lunch spot that Bill had picked out called Tinkoff, which is, among other things, a brewpub. We had lunch there and hung out for a bit. Bill had the Borscht and we shared a pepperoni pizza. I have to say, the pizza was really good and I would recommend it to anyone coming here. The food was also reasonably priced (for Moscow).

On the way back to the apartment we checked out Detskiy Mir which is the childrens store across the street from us. We bought a few little toys for Nick and looked for a hat that we can use while we're here if it really gets down into the low 60s. Bill seems to favor the hats that have little animal ears on them, like bear ears. I didn't find any of those but will keep looking.

We stayed in for dinner tonight and watched the James Bond movie "From Russia With Love". It was good, pretty funny all in all, and we both enjoyed it. Thanks Mike D!

Tomorrow I think we're going to hit the Pushkin Museum and I'm not sure what else. Have a great weekend everyone!