Day 15 - In the city

We got out this morning looking for some place to have our breakfast. Georgia was not in the best of moods and we had to find something quick. Double Coffee was still closed and we went to Cili Pica across the street. It already had some customers in.

Georgia opted in for pizza.

If it sounds like an unusual choice at 9am, consider other customers who were starting or rather continuing their day with beer. Dan and I got really nice omelettes. There were a few more customers coming in to have their breakfast with kids.

Then we got the stroller and went to the market. It was difficult to get through the crowd on the market, especially with the stroller. Every merchant had long lines. We got strawberries, sour cherries, some veggies, farmer cheese, thin sausages and smoked ham.

It appears that some tables belong to the same owner. It was definitely true with several tables owned by the vegetable trader. Based on the prices and goods on the meats and milk products it might have been the case with them as well. In general not that much self-made products are sold - most of the products were resold brand name sausages, milk, butter, and farmer cheese.

Speaking of the crowds, there were groves of tourists near the Gates of Dawn - 4-5 groups were being dropped off there at the same time so the place was buzzing.

After we dropped off the food at home we went to the city to walk around a bit. This arch memorable because "Smells like Teen Spirit" is regularly performed by the different street musicians. I don't know why they always pick this spot. Might need to examine it for the signs that it is a "Nirvana" performance corner.

The sky that started out being clear blue in the morning ended up overcast by the lunchtime. Drizzle also had started. When it began to look worse we headed back to our apartment.

We put Georgia in her room to try to catch some sleep, while Dan went to sleep himself and I worked on my blog. It did not work out. She was out in minutes and spend her time playing with the jump rope.

At 4 we packed up and went to visit Vitalik's parents at their datcha. On the way we picked up Corona beers and smoked mini-sausages. Vitalik asked for Coronas. We were surprised - with the plentitude of some of the best beers in the world, Coronas?? However the family really liked the exotic delicacy :) Will remember to bring more of them next time. We had a great time - it is awesome to go there, always. The only thing, Vitalik gave us the access code to enter their gated community. When we arrived and saw the gates, there did not seem any place to punch in the code. We walked around looking for the code place and did not find anything. We tried calling Vitalik and then Diana but their phones were off. Just when Dan was ready to climb the fence to walk over to datcha and ask for help I found the code plate on the inside of the gates.