Janet Wilder > wrote:
> We are home. I am still trying to adjust to the time business.
>
> OB food: it's not what we are used to. Kept thinking of Barb as there
> was some kind of beets in just about everything. DH wanted cold borscht.
> The gave him some barely warm borscht but there seems to be some kind of
> regulation that all food must be cooked to a specific temperature. We
> would consider it incineration. All meat was a form of pot roast,
> including "steak Diane" Chicken and fish were over-cooked to our taste as well.
>
> The soups were yummy, especially the cream soups. Breads were good.
> Different kinds of blinis were delicious. Salads were good though did not
> usually match their English descriptions on the menu. Pasta dishes were excellent.
>
> All the river boats in Russia are chartered by the cruise lines and
> owned, operated and staffed by Russians who work for the ship's company.
> We were served by delightful young people who had a surprising fluency
> with English. The young people who accompanied our tours and assisted in
> the entertainments and activities were also cheerful, helpful and fluent in English.
>
> The sight seeing is amazing. From Red Square in Moscow to the Hermitage
> in St Petersburg and all the small towns in between, we were treated to
> Russia at its most scenic.
>
> I have over 4 GB of photos to sort. I'm still suffering jet lag. Ask any
> questions you want and I'll try to answer.

I take it you did not see the butchering of meat on the sidewalks
Perhaps for the extra well done for meats?

Did they have radiation monitors on every street corner?

Did you buy those little doll containers within a container for souvenirs
or those Russian made watches?

Did you packed lots of Levi genes and made trades?

PS, you had to mention beets, I still have jars of homemade picked beets
from a year ago. They were good, I just made way too many of them and just
hearing the world of "beets" is a bad memory.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)