What a Great Day

Tomorrow we are to spend the day touring the Kremlin, Red Square and more....but today was just so amazing that I couldn't go to sleep without showing and telling about it.

Got a good laugh from the American Express billboard we saw on the way from

 the airport. Recognize any words?

We relaxed in the afternoon and then took a car to Cafe Pushkin. Guess I am focusing on food but this was the most different menu I think we have ever seen. We shared a first course of sauerkraut with garlic and beets. We both had a traditional Russian soup. I had a hot soup- Borscht and Jim had a beet soup that was cold called Botvinia. His was way better than mine.

We both ate the Russian degustation menu- a tasting menu of beef stroganoff, meat dumplings with sour cream, chicken breaded and fried with fried onions, chicken giblets in a mushroom sauce and mixed mushrooms in a creamed sauce. It was served so beautifully and when accompanied by the two young ladies playing a flute and harp in this beautiful 18th century style building with stuccoed ceilings a magical atmosphere was created. 

Then we came back to the hotel to see the beautiful St. Basil's from our window with lights and colors so different than the day time. Just wonderful!

St Basil's is one of those sights that you want to see- a once in a life-time event....and today was the day for us.