A New Word Every Day

We are excited to report that Jonna is saying a new word in English every day! Her first was "ball." Now we can add "apple" and "up" (when she wants Chris to bounce her in the air...)

Now for a few funny food stories:

They sure love their candy and cake here. The supermarkets are much smaller than a typical Publix, but the cake section is just as big as the Publix bakery -- and the candy aisle is bigger. In other words, their ratio of sweets to food staples is surprisingly high.

We had a very nice dinner at the elegant Pushkin Hotel a couple nights ago. For dessert, the menu listed "fresh fruit" which Chris ordered. So they brought out a bowl with an unpeeled orange, apple, banana and kiwi... not quite what he was expecting. (I ordered the "pancake surprise" which was a crepe with ice cream and chocolate sauce -- lucky for Chris, I shared! )

At lunch one day, the waitress told us they had three ice cream flavors - vanilla, chocolate, and "cucumber." But the cucumber was pink -- turns out she meant strawberry.

Finally, at lunch today, the dessert menu included "sliced onion." We didn't order it, so don't ask what kind of dessert that is!