When we visited the Russian city of Uglich, our tour group from the Viking Surkov were invited by a retired schoolteacher to have a small luncheon at her home. Vegetables were from her own greenhouse and garden, and she served cake baked at home. Home-grown vegetables soon vanished from the
plates, as did homemade bread and cake.
Of course, much of the fun of the visit came from watching fellow passengers participate in tasting homemade Russian vodka! They were also instructed in the part pickles play in vodka-drinking.
I understand it was quite an experience, and can give you my personal opinion of the tea and cake. They were delicious!
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| Above, after bidding our hostess (holding door) farewell, my husband stopped to admire something in her spacious garden of flowers and vegetables. |
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Klaus's wonderful work in wildlife photography will live on, I'm sure, in books and galleries, but he will also be long remembered for the help and unstinting encouragement he gave to his fellow bloggers.
23 comments:
Another great tour, Kay. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
How lucky to visit in a home and get to know the locals. Fresh veggies and cake sound delicious!
It must be wonderful to get a taste of local colour and lifestyle when travelling! Interesting series of photos!
Sounds like a fun and delicious visit! Great photos as always and I love the look of her garden! Beautiful! Once again it does sound like a wonderful trip! Hope you have a good week, Kay!
Sylvia
What an amazing garden and how lovely of that retired teacher to share her table with visitors from abroad - it must have been a very special day! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Oh, Kay what a wonderful experience to visit a real Russian home. Thank you for sharing. When
I was in Moscov we stayed in hotels and that is not half as interesting.
Being able to visit inside a home would be such a treat!
I got to visit a home in China in a small village ~ Love your photos and post about your Russian visit ~thanks, namaste, Carol, (A Creative Harbor) linked up with Our World Tuesday)
How wonderful for you to be invited! She does appear to have a wonderful garden. I am most envious.
Great experience! Wonderful to get to know 'real' people, not to mention the wonderful homemade food.
Pickles are part of making vodka?
Wonderful shots. Looks like nice and interesting place.
I think it is a great idea of incorporating a real "homey" experience in tours. Nothing tastes better than home cooked meals!
I will drink to the vodka, cheers!
That's the best part of a round trip to be invited by locals in their home and see how they live !
Great post, Kay.
Getting the opportunity to visit with someone local would have been the high point of the trip for me.
How nice to be invited to a luncheon with a local family. It is a great experience. Did you try the vidka? Great photos, thank for sharing your world.
Great experience for sure.
When people have lived hard lives and have little themselves, they are at least great on sharing what they have. Considering that state employees were not paid for a few years, they had a lot of experience in becoming as self-sufficient as possible.
Thank you for taking us along.
The Russians have a tradition that each person at a dinner table has to propose a toast and then everyone knocks back a large vodka (with fruit juice on the side, never mixed). Fine when there are two or four at the table but when you get to twenty, you can feel the hangover kick in!!!! How lovely to be a guest in someone's house like that x
What a great experience!
What an adorable house and garden! That cake reminds me of the cakes my Austrian friend used to make. She couldn't understand Americans' obsession with frosted cakes.
The more you share of Russia with these excellent pictures and narratives, one can't help but feel that we know so little of this beautiful place and people. Thank you, Kay and Richard.
That fridge and stove look like the perfect size for our cabin. It must have been really special to visit someone's home. Traveling on a tour sometimes keeps you away from the real people and places. - Margy
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