Hey everyone! Today starts my two-week work assignment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I’ve pre-written a few posts to publish over the next few days, and then if I have time I’ll give you little updates about how things are going here! I’m a little nervous about these upcoming two weeks (I don’t speak any Russian!). [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Two weeks
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, 14 November, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Wonderful Copenhagen
Posted in It's Drink O'Clock, Travel, tagged beer, Copenhagen, jet lag, NaBloPoMo on Sunday, 13 November, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We actually did have one more day of fun after departing from Maryland on a Saturday evening. We landed in Copenhagen on Sunday morning and were faced with a painful 8-hour layover before our flight to Tallinn. We had considered going into the city, but after an 8-hour overnight flight during which we barely slept [...]
Best crab cakes in the world
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged crab cake, Maryland, NaBloPoMo, sewing on Saturday, 12 November, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Remember a few days ago when I was too busy sewing to write a post? This is what I was doing: I sing in a choir and we just had uniforms made. The jacket and skirt were made by a professional but we opted not to have her put the detailing on, as the extra [...]
Fun in Manayunk
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged alcohol, Chinese, eggplant, fro-yo, Manayunk, NaBloPoMo, Philadelphia, philly cheese steak on Thursday, 10 November, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned when I left off, our next stop was to visit my sister in Philadelphia! She lives in the hilly neighborhood of Manayunk (I went for a run there and it was seriously so hard; I was always going up or down!). Since J and I have been to Philly many times before, [...]