Our day at Chili's

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We haven't written in this blog in such a long time! Currently in Moscow, the snow is starting to melt which is good because now we can spend much more time outside and explore Moscow! Speaking of which! We went to Kremel. It is a very gorgeous area next to the Red Square. We went there with our friends and we had a blast! However, after that, we went to Chili's!! The Chili's restaraunt in Moscow was very delicious! We rated it a 7 out of 10. The reason why they lost 3 points was because they gave us the starters after the full-course meal, the salad leaves were not too fresh, and it was too expensive. Other than that everything was great! Service, food, location, etc! I hope Chili's will open another restaraunt in Moscow, closer to where we live!

The snow!

Today was a very 'white' day! A lot of snow fell today! All of the roads were dirty and very hard to drive on! Also, my mom and I had horseback riding and we took pictures with the horses outside. It was very beautiful and unrealistic. You know what the best part of the snow is? The weather isn't that cold! It is only 28 F! Last week it came up to -8 F but this week the temperature became warmer! Hopefully this is how warm it will be the whole winter!

November Update

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Haven’t written anything for a long time for quite some time. These are the most current things that have happened to our family!

• My Mom, Brother, & myself went to a musical/theatre Zorro! Best LIVE Musical I have ever seen in my life! From a scale from 1 to 10 I would rate it a 10!

• Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was DELICIOUS!!! We got our turkey from Alex’s school and it was imported from France! The Chef made 300 turkeys and stayed 2 nights at the school making the turkeys! We had pumpkin pie and gravy!!! The best parts of Thanksgiving! The Pumpkin Pie was heaven! The gravy was Heaven with the turkey too!

• The Snow fell!! YAY!! The rest of the week is going to be in minuses!! I haven’t been outside all day and haven’t felt the Moscow winter yet…but I am in for a treat!!

• It is official! We are going to Austria for Christmas!! I am super excited! The whole family is coming!!! Finally!!!! FREE TIME AND FAMILY AT LAST!! I am especially excited to go because of the Christmas shopping we will be doing there! There will be beautiful and elegant Christmas ornaments! We are leaving on December 16…and guess who’s birthday that is!! MOM’S BIRTHDAY!!! We are going to have the time of our lives!! (Skipping a few days of school! YAYAY!!)

• Mom started horse back riding and her whole body is sore! Don’t worry Mom I had the same thing!!

We had an Int’l Bowling Competition! Believe me, there were some serious bowlers there! Our family won 6 prizes all together! Great Teamwork guys!!

Life is starting to get frustrating without a man in the house! Well we do have a man but he isn’t like our big man! Our dad was in Germany for 1 week then he spent 1 night in our apartment then he went to his different apartment near his work & spent like 3 nights there! He came back…..stayed her for 2 nights and was off again and now he is flying to Tokyo, Japan!! There is only one good thing about my dad going to japan!! You know what that is? ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH IS IN JAPAN!! YAY!! So I am looking forward for him bringing the rest of the family beanies, gloves, etc.

Looking forward to writing some more when we are in Austria!!

The snow!!

I woke up to find that outside my house there was a winter wonderland! I couldn't believe how much snow had fallen over the night! I want it to snow everyday from now on to February! Here are some pictures of the snow outside my bedroom windows!

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First Halloween in Russia

It was fun sharing Halloween with our friends in Moscow: first Halloween for many of them. Some of them had "Satan/Devil" perception of it....per Orthodox religion.

Hope we showed a fun part of it.

My trip to California

My Trip to California was the best trip a girl like me could ever have! When I first got there I got a Macbook Pro! Also, that very first day I had a sleepover with my friend, Alice. Her little twin sisters were very excited to see me and I was mostly excited to see Alice at that time! We had a double night sleepover because my other friends were busy at that time! On Saturday, I had a sleepover with my friend, Sierra! We were SO excited to see each other that we almost literally fell when we hugged each other! I jumped out of the car even when it was still moving just to see her! On Sunday morning Sierra, my Mom, and I went to breakfast with our neighbors! I am so thankful that I have really nice neighbors who also made a party for us on Saturday because they care about us!

After we ate breakfast, Sierra, and I got to go to Universal Studios! I really needed to go to a theme park that time because oh, oh boy, the theme parks that we have in Russia will not do!! THEY ARE HORRIBELY DANGEROUS!! They don’t give you that much safety in some rides! Anyways, Universal Studios was really fun! I also went with my 2 friends Rylee and Payton! Rylee is in fourth grade and Payton is a cute toddler!!

On Tuesday night I had another sleepover, but with a different person this time! I had a sleepover with Stephanie! Stephanie is my age and we really like playing with each other because we get very creative when we play! The next day I went to walk to school with her, and boy oh boy! “ANYA!!!!!!!! IS THAT REALLY YOU!? OH MY GOSH!!!” It was a fun time because everyone was asking me “what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be in Russia?” Anyways, that day Jenna and I were supposed to meet up and we did but I also saw her at school and she was looking at me like “OH MY GOSH! ANYA IS HERE!” She was screaming and she just hugged me and I was so HAPPY to see her! We apparently got to have a sleepover (yay!), except, Jenna’s mom and my mom wanted to prank us! They said that we weren’t going to have a sleepover and we got really upset! We were about to start crying! However, Jenna’s mom said “You will have a sleepover!” So happy!

I am going to see Stephanie and Jenna in the spring time or the summer time because they will fly here together her for 1-2 weeks and then I will fly back with them for 1-2 weeks also! I am looking to see you guys here!

Then it was time to sadly leave! I really didn’t want to fly 6,000 miles back to Russia, but I had to! Saying goodbye is the hardest thing a person could ever do!! I still miss everybody! This was a great trip for me and I appreciate every single one of you that made it happen for me! Hopefully I will see everyone in the Summer back in my house in, of course, America!