There and Back Again: Our Russian Tale

Dear Family, Friends, and Strangers-

I hope you enjoy excerpts from our adventure.  I'll to share as much detail as possible while keeping it interesting and, despite how fun it would be to add scenes of mafia encounters or getting caught up in some foreign spy action, I'll keep it real.  Some times it might turn into more of a "picture book."  (We had to share the pictures somewhere! Seeing that I haven't scrap booked any of our marriage yet, it might be a while before these pictures make it!)

There and Back Again: Our Russian Tale

 PART ONE: GETTING THERE 

 

 I was just thinking where to even start with sharing our epic journey.. well...

Let's start at the very beginning

A very good place to start.

When you read you begin with 

 A B C

We'll begin with going to

NYC

 We double checked that the lights were off.  Tim took out the garbage and I said another prayer in my heart that no ants would make their uniform trails again.  We navigated our way to BART (yes, we were first timers...) We BARTed to SFO (note on the airport: can you say nice-  it was much nicer than we expected.)  There we took our red eye flight and eventually got to NYC.

Our 8 hour layover provided time for us to leave the airport and catch the best of the best- the NYC Temple.

New York Plan:
1. Go to the temple.
2. Enjoy a classic NYC dog- provided by Gray's Papya
    (The papya juice was rockin! I would skip the pineapple juice next time.)
3. Treat ourselves to some awesome cookies!  Levain's did not disappoint... 
     SO good, but milk is a must with these babies!
4. Stop by Central Park. A nap wasn't in the official plan, but it was definitely welcomed!
5. Just enjoy life.

It worked out flawlessly!

The how and where for our plan was perfected by a friend who recently lived in New York.  She told us the best way to get to and from JFK and where to grab the best bites. Thanks Ruth!