Typical Russia

= random closings. See below for explanation.
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It was Thursday, after class. A group of us (Stephanie, David (new guy who knows Taki and AK-L!), Kyle and me) decide to hit up the museum of unique dolls (thinking of Mims there.), a organic/veggie cafe (must support "alternative" cuisine) and meet our program leader along the way... Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. Or so we thought.

We meander ourselves to the Doll Museum to find it closed for remont (just like the Bread museum---still sad about that one). It had moved across town in the meantime. But the address was too far away to walk and we had planned to meet Dasha (our program coordinator) for dinner.

So we decided to head to the metro station at which we were meeting her. We set off for Mayakovskaya. All of our maps put the entrance to the metro at the corner of Bolshaya Sadovaya and Tverskaya. We easily found our way to that address - but, you guessed it, the entrance was closed for remont. Dasha is nowhere in sight. We look down the street in each direction hoping to see another entrance to the metro. No luck. Eventually Dasha finds us (because she's smart, and Russian, and all that....) and we head off to the Organic Cafe.

Again, with no problem, we find the cafe. But, on the door, "Sorry, closed for remont" Three strikes in 2 hours. And a "wasted" afternoon. But my host mom, Nina sure did enjoy the story.

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Today's Stephanie's birthday. Making a trip to the Hark Rock Cafe and a Russian film. Tomorrow it's off to the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Still reveling in the abundance of peanut butter in my life.
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to be continued...