Wendy and I had our Christmas/New Year's party at work. It was quite different than any American party we have gone to. Instead of everyone showing up and eating dinner then talking and maybe a game or two. We got there and started eating and then a show of dances and skits and songs started up immediately (done by co-workers). We were a little confused if we should focus on eating or on the entertainment. There were little breaks, but for the most part it went on for about 4-5 hours!!! We had a good time and it was very fun to party Russian style.
Wendy won the contest of "who is Father Frosts gradndaughter?" so they made her dress up like Снегурочка (Snegoorachka) I was so proud.
This is a very small sample of the foods that were at our party. Fish egg biscuits, potato salad with mayo, meat slices and tomato with cheese on top.
We were blown away at the amount of alcohol at our party. This was served at our table for 4 people. There were 5 other groups of bottles just like this. Co-workers kept trying to get Wendy to drink Vodka so she could be a real Russia girl.
Our co-workers sitting at there table. Left to right Irina, Rushana, Natasha, Oksana, Anastacia, Olga, Katya. The boys were outnumbered at our party 19-5.
Also the temp. has dropped to around - 20-30 degrees Celsius ( - 8-15 F) As a result our walks have come with some humor as well as frozen body parts.
This morning I snapped this picture of Wendy's frozen eyelashes and hair. Our breath over time begins to freeze onto parts of our faces.
We also went down to the Kremlin today and saw some really awesome ice sculptures that begged me to play on.
And Wendy couldn't resist either.
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