My younger sister, and yes I know I look younger…  She lived in Moscow for three years, and part of my #60by50 is recalling, and posting about my previous trips.  Russia was so different, interesting, a bit scary, but also eye-opening and so much fun!  So I’m not just slightly older, I’m also taller, just kidding. I know somewhere she’s standing on her tiptoes right now being taller.  Here, she can have it in writing: I’m shorter, but a lot… but my heels help!

It was October 2004 and quite an adventure.  We stayed in her apartment, mere steps from Red Square.  Visited so many amazing sights, toured museums, learned about how Russians made a lot of discoveries, and navigated a world where nothing was in English (this was before mobile phones were smart.)  Eating was risky and an adventure to say the least.  It wasn’t culturally accepted to have dietary restrictions (we both have Celiac.)  Nor, was it easy to explain exactly what gluten is in or why I can’t ingest it.  Nevertheless, we loved it!  Not sure I’d go back to Moscow itself, but I’d be up for Siberia and St Petersburg.