Krem de la Kremlin!

Let's keep it short and sweet. Moscow, shopping, eating. WoW! Pics today, words tomorrow. Vodka was an adventure and I can still taste the caviar. While this might be banal stereotyping I can only say it's my side of heaven. Pass the buttered toast! More later and Ваше здоровье! ;o) poka! katrin (click on the pix to enlarge them - they're really MUCH larger)

Vodka: www.brestvodka.com/products/vodka/Belorussia (I know, it's Belarussian but it's still the best!)
Caviar: caviar-market.com/beluga1.htm


ГУМ :: Главный Универсальный Магазин
Red Square, #3, metro Ploshchad Revolutsii. www.gum.ru
Like Harrods! Almost empty when we were there, but this was two days after Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit. There is a GREAT place to eat, a mockup of a soviet style canteen in GUM: Столовая №57 www.gum.ru/shop/392



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So these beautifully packaged chocolates cost a bit less than 200 dollars a box ... !



The most amazing food store is on the main boulevard of Moscow - the Ulitsa Tverskaya. You can buy your normal groceries in addition to all the yummy favourites you read about in the inflight magazine!
Yeliseyevsky Gastronom, Ulitsa Tverskaya Dom 14 Moscow www.trazzler.com/trips/yeliseyevsky-market-in-moscow









We walked past the McDonalds but not in. :O) We settled for a clubhouse sandwich and ceasar salad at our hotel instead. At the bottom right of the picture above is an FSB Mercedes - a regular sight parked on Moscow sidewalks.