Monday, December 29, 2008

Trip to Voronezh

My best friend's birthday
День Рождения Светы

My aunt Tamara's house

My street, Griboyedova

WWII monument in Voronezh and the "Eternal Fire"









Grandma Nina's birthday
День Рождения бабушки Нины





Pavil's second cousin, Anastasia
Настя с Павликом

Russian cakes. Mmmm.
Мои любимые торты, особенно Наполеон



Asher was still having trouble understanding Russian :)
У Ашера все еще были трудности в понимании русского :)



Making "shashliki" at my house
Кушаем шашлыки



My uncle Vladimir took us to the lake. It was very cold that day.
Мой дядя Володя свозил нас на озеро. Было очень холодно.


I got together with my friends Galia, Lena, and Luda at a cafe.
Я встретилась со своими подругами с университета - Галя, Лена и Люда.
My friend, Svetlana, and I
Света и я

Pavil with his dedushka (grandpa)
Павел со своим дедушкой



Me, Ludmila, and Pushkin
Людмила и я около памятника Пушкину.



Pavil meets his only remaining Russian great-grandmother
Павел знакомится со своей прабабушкой


Pavil and great-uncle Vladimir
Павел и дядя Володя

Puppet theater in downtown Voronezh
Кукольный театр в Воронеже

Leaving on the train

7 comments:

Kristin said...

Wow Alla, I bet you had a blast! That is great that you got to go to Russia and see your family! How long where you there?

Angelfish said...

Thanks for posting pictures Allichka! It made me so homesick! I'm glad you were able to go back! Hopefully I will see you tomorrow?

Kendra said...

wow! I can't wait to hear all about your trip! :) we should get together soon!

sjmiller said...

Your pictures brought back so many memories! So glad you got to go home!!! I miss Russia! Pavil is getting so big! His eyes are beautiful!!

missy. said...

thanks for posting these great pictures! it is so funny to me that i have pictures of myself in a lot of those same places... i hope you three had a great time!

Shannon said...

Hooray for Voronezh! I have been looking back through all of my pictures this last week and thinking about it. I'm so happy to hear you went back. How wonderful!

drb42 said...

Looks like way fun! How long were you there? It looks like a neat place.