Q.
What are some countries you've gotten to travel to for basketball or personal
reasons?
"Well obviously I lived in Argentina for a year, back in
1995 and I loved it, we went to my parent's hometown, some other cool cities were
like Krakow, Poland, which I would have never thought, Lithuania is a great place,
little pockets like that stand out."
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a member of the United States Women's National Team, Taurasi has gotten to see the world. Kent Smith/NBAE/Getty Images |
Q. What is your favorite place to go on vacation?
"I
hadn't been on vacation in so long. After the WNBA season and the world championships,
I finally had an opportunity to go somewhere for four or five days. I wanted to
go to a nice island and relax and went to the Bahamas with some friends."
Q.
So if you had a choice would you go to a beach-type place or a museum?
"I
would rather go see buildings, architecture, stuff like that really intrigues
me, when you go to some of these old cities, some of those buildings have been
up for a long, long time, so it's kind of cool, it's interesting."
Q.
What are your favorite WNBA cities to visit?
"Obviously New York is
fun, LA, I get to go home, those are probably the top two on my list."
Q.
What is the best WNBA city to go out for a good meal?
"In Seattle,
I always go to Wasabi, which is a good sushi spot. In Minnesota, I go to Bella
Note, which (former NBA player Dean Garrett owns. It's really really good."
Q.
What are the best places to shop and dine out in Phoenix?
"I go to
the Scottsdale Mall a lot, and the Biltmore area, you have the Capitol Grill,
so those are the two areas I go to the most."
Q. What made you want
to go back to Moscow this offseason?
"I really enjoyed it and knew
I was coming back for awhile, not necessarily with the same team, but in the same
area."