Russia and Spain 

“I was to meet Catherine The Great for her coronation…” As I said to myself in the carriage to Russia. This is something I thought I would never be able to attend. This is a dream come true. “Now that I am to meet the Emperess of Russia, the people back home will accept me as me and I will be able to lead our court to greatness,” I said mumbling to myself. 

 

I do not have anyone with me currently. I do not like it. I wish my maid could have come with me. She is my best friend back home. I wish that I wouldn’t be saying that, but it is true. Most women are friends with their maids. I heard that Catherine was friends with her previous maid before she became a court member again. That is just amazing. I wish my maid could be in the Spanish court too. 

 

Yes, I am from Spain. I do not know if Catherine is a fan of the Spanish but I hope to change that. She is a great leader that we could learn from. At least, I think we could… 

Most of the court and the king do not like the Russians. But I am a fan of them, as the queen of Spain. My name is Isabella. I am the current queen of Spain. I am to visit the Emperess of Russia to connect ties with Spain. You never know when you could need an empire like that. 

I am starting to get impastionet. I need to ask. 

 

“Hey, do you know where we are? How much time till we get there?” I said as I opened the window of the carriage. I could tell he was thinking so I let him ever so garishly think for a few seconds. 

 

“We are almost the capital of Germany, where you are to spend the night and continue your travels tomorrow,” he said as he was looking forward and not even looking at the beauty in front of him… How rude… I guess that is his job. Oh well, I will take a nap till we get to Berlin…
 
“Queen Isabella? We have arrived at the sleeping quarters of your stay tonight” the man said, he was very strict in his tone of voice. It was a bit worrying. But that is not one of my worries. It’s time for my sleep for the night. So I got up and out of the carriage. As I was walking in the serfs were bowing to me… Why don’t my serfs do that? I will have to tell my husband about that. So I walked in through the main door and… what a place! It was amazing. Nevermind that, 

 

“Where do I go?” I asked as I turned around to the serfs. They weren't talking back to me… what is happening right now? 

 

“WHERE DO I GO TO GET TO MY CHAMBERS? ....  Sorry about that, you guys are just not talking back to me and it upsets me,” I said with a worried face and watery eyes. I hate getting my eyes to water. It’s just so unpleasant. 

 

“Would you like to follow me to your chambers? Or I can just tell you where to go.” Again. They were all so sharp with their speech and their movements. It was almost like they were soldiers. Then I noticed, peeking out of one of the serf's uniforms, blue. And their uniform is mainly white. So they are soldiers. Oh well, I guess I have protection now. So I said to them, 

 

“Yes, I would love to follow you to where I am to sleep.” I had a smile on my face. As I was following them, the architecture in this building was amazing! The art on the ceiling was magical and looked to be from the Renaissance era. It was mesmerizing to the point I almost tripped under my own feet. That would have been quite the accident. Instead, I caught myself up and continued walking. We had finally made it to my cambers. So waved my serfs off as I entered my room. Then there was a maid in there.

 

“Hello Queen Isabella, I am your maid to help with whatever you need. Would you like to change into your nightgown now?” She was very sweet. She also looked very young. I guess her father put her up to this. But it’s ok, as long as she does a good job. 

 

“Yes, I would love to change, This can get tiring,” I said with a bit of a giggle at the end. Once I had said that, my maid looked so happy and had a shimmer in her eye. I guess she was unsure if I was going to be nice or not. Well, I am going to be as nice as I can be. 

 

She was super sweet while changing me, even then she was amazingly soft with her tugging yet got everything off in less than five minutes. After I was done being changed I shooed her off and I went to my bed. It was nice but not as nice as the one back in Spain. But I guess that’s ok for one night here. I climbed into bed and drifted asleep excited for the new week to come with the new empress of Russia and all the talk we were to have. I hope she will enjoy my presence. Because I will be enjoyed by her…