At JFK in the admirals lounge waiting to board our flight to London and then onto Moscow where we will meet up with the happy but broke foursome. Pictures were great thanks Leslie I love the one of Andi marching! On my last visit to Moscow I loved the Kremlin area, I agree Andi the inside pf St. Basils is disappointing and the outside is so wonderful.

Those food prices are sound amazingingly high. I thought Sydney was high last November but not THAT high.

For contrast I will share our good fortune and food experiences in the last 24 hours. We had to change our flight to the small regional jets from DFW to New York with a stopover in Cincinnati. Boarding the plane we had row 12 - exit row. More room here than in a regular 737 or 757 exit row. VERY spacious, great drop down tables to house our computer to watch movies amd the seats reclined. The lovely stewardesses said you are Platinum not supposed to do this but would you like a drink.

On arrival in Cincinnati there was only one litle restaurant in the secured area. I try to avoid bread but there was no way and I was HUNGRY. We both ordered a basil and chicken panini for $6.99 with a free bag of chips and a fountain drink with unlimited refills. This was one of the tastiest things I have eaten in along time. Absolutely yummy the thought of flying through this airport again may made me giddy with glee.

Then we found two seats with a plug outlet in the wall somewhat separated from everyone else where we watched a movie without using our battery while we waited for our flight to JFK. The time just flew by.

We boarded the next plane and again the same seats. (Ken had booked these but we did not realise how good these commuter exit row seats were) These are GREAT seats, plus fewer people on these planes we were happy campers.

We were supposed to meet with my daughter for lunch but our appointment in New York took two hours longer than expected. We had plans to go to Chelsea Market and eat that I really wanted to do but it was not to be unfortunately. We simply ran out of time, and had to get back to the airport. We walked out of the office building and into the first little restaurant we could see for a very quick bite. They said Pizza would be the fastest thing so we ordered that. Cheese, basil, tomato, sausage and mushrooms. Ken and I took one bite and WOW again. Thinnest crust ever and extremely good, full of flavor. About $20 for the 16" pizza.

So we found our little adventure to make an unexpected appointment causing us to change from a nonstop first class flight to a connection in a commuter plane turned out very well. Plus the stopover provided me a wonderful sandwich I will remember for a LONG time and one of the best pizzas ever in New York. Wonderful food experiences at an amazingly low cost.

Our appointment in New York went well too. Everything is off to a great start.

Looking forward to the first leg of our trip in Russia and the pooch master Brad has all kinds of "adaptions" to pooch he wants me to try so that will be fun. Then onto Wines with another wonderful group of people.

As those tee shirts I wear all the time say
"LIFE IS GOOD".