Gretchen's Blog

I venture out with a compadre who works in Moscow. We head to the night bazaar which is an open style market; there are shop stalls in a barn like building. It is lightning and thundering and pouring down rain. The rain is not a hindrance to the shopping but the streets around the bizarre are not draining and neither of us wants to walk through six inches of water to get to the shops. I think we both imagine all the bacteria floating around in the water. A guy with a bicycle and a back seat rides us one by one through the water. It was quite comical.

The prices are all flexible and I haggle and buy some items. This was my best shopping experience yet, because I’m not spending much money I’m less concerned if I overpay by a buck or two.

We spend two hours shopping, checking in with each other every hour to make sure we’re OK. We finish shopping and sit at a restaurant at the bazaar. I order some sausages and a german beer, go figure.