This Adorable Russian Grandma Is Spending Her Retirement Finally Traveling The World
Living her best life at 89.
Elena Mikhailovna, or "Grandma Lena," is an 89-year-old grandmother from Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Last week, fellow Russian Ekaterina Papina shared a post about Grandma Lena to her Facebook. Papina said she met Grandma Lena while traveling in Vietnam. The two struck up a conversation, which she shared to Facebook.
I want you all to meet an amazing person. Recently, I’ve been to Vietnam and on my second day there I heard someone speaking Russian. There was an old grandma sitting at a table near me who tried to explain to a waiter that she didn't want spicy food. The grandma was with a younger woman and I thought how good it is that the mother and her daughter went on vacation together. You don’t meet our elderly people on vacations, unfortunately… I decided to join them and help translate into English. And you know what? They were not a family! They just met here on vacation. But! Baba Lena (that is how she introduced herself) flew here all alone! All by herself! From Krasnoyarsk to Vietnam! Being 89 years old!!