Embassies of the World Dinner & Ball

This past weekend we had the opportunity to go to our very first ball! It was a lot of fun!!! The ball is called the Embassies of the World Dinner and Ball and is put together by the IWC or the International Women's Club of Moscow (which I am a member.) The night works like this.....You start the night off with dinner at an embassy - the embassy we were assigned to have dinner with was the Embassy of the United States of America - we didn't have dinner at the embassy but at the residence of the US Ambassador, William Burns and his wife Lisa Carty. We had a wonderful dinner and actually Jim sat next to Lisa and I sat next to the Ambassador - this was REALLY cool! For dinner we had Asparagus Soup, Shrimps in Pernod Sauce, Rack of lamb with a walnut and herb crust followed by Pavlova for dessert...I wasn't sure which knife/fork to use but watched the Ambassador and followed suit.....

The dinner table at the Ambassador's residence

The group that ate at the US Ambassador's - only two couples were American's. (The US Ambassador & his wife are directly across from Jim and I to the left)


Us on the staircase at the Ambassador's house

After dinner we left the ambassador's home for Tsarityno Grand Palace. This palace was designed for Catherine the Great, but she never actually lived there, it was abandoned and left in ruins uncompleted. The palace is located in the southern part of Moscow, forty minutes from downtown by car. The palace was reconstructed and finally completed in 2007. Click on the following link for a rundown of the night by Russia Today:

http://www.russiatoday.ru/entertainment/news/20840/video

Professional dancers opening the ball

The Steering Committee of the IWC - I am one of 3 American's on the committee.

Friends Jim and Mary posed with us at the ball