Oleg and Natasha

Oleg and Natasha made the trip from Colorado Springs to spend a little over a week with us. Cindy first met Natasha when Natasha interpreted for her during an early trip to Russia and they have been friends since. We have traveled across Russia by car with them and also from Minnesota to New York. We know their kids and they know ours. Ours is an interesting friendship as they are nearly twenty years younger than we are. Our discussions of Russian and American politics are interesting and offer some insights into the similarities of the present administrations.

We have had such different life experiences that our interactions always generate something interesting. They both are excellent cooks and even our meals can end up as s very interesting fusion. Perhaps the most different on this trip was a combination of borscht and poke [as separate courses].