Mid Monday

We walked around Old Arbat Street. A tourist area for buying souvenirs and the sort. Probably overpriced but the costs of the things we purchased seemed quite fair to us. A Few T Shirts which were $10.00. The Matryoshka Dolls were also fairly priced we thought. Or I guess a better way of phrasing it is, we felt what we got for what we paid was fair. Because we were not going to many other places, and the amounts felt fair we had no problem paying the price.

Snowed again here but nothing like what you guys back home have gotten. It also seemed a bit warmer today than yesterday. The fine snow on our cheeks did not hurt like it did yesterday.

The store had an American Presidents Matryoshka doll set with Obama being the outer then going inwards, Bush, Clinton, Bush and Raegan. As a joke I almost got one for Jim. They also had one which was Obama and then his family with each one inside. In the end we figured we were better off saving the money because Jim may not find it as funny as I did.

I will add, some of the dolls really were impressive. The artwork can be so detailed on them. We also bought a few things for Kat to have from Moscow. The staff at the store, because we purchased a decent amount and knew we were adopting threw in a few little things for Kat as well. They were quite nice. I would certainly suggest the store to anyone who chose to ever go to Moscow.