Hello there world,
This weekend has been a flurry of wonderful adventures which I look forward to sharing with you in greater detail soon! For now my internet is being slow and I can't download pictures, so I'll just give you a quick overview so you don't feel like we're losing touch too much.
Friday we Americans went downtown to have Georgian food for dinner. The restaurant was cute, reasonably priced, yummy, and after our appetizers it turned into a dance hall as well. A festive time was had by all!
Afterwards, we met up with some Russian friends and hung out at a bar downtown. Miles, Cameron, and I had plans to head to Russki Island in the morning so we left at a reasonable hour and barely managed to convince the door guards at the university to let us in (we were after curfew). Luckily, they took pity on us poor Americans. I chatted with Megan and Jenya (Russian) for a bit then tried to rest up for the next morning's adventure.
My attempts were unfortunately stymied by a freak bout of food poisoning, which led to a very disheartened blog post last night during my recovery. But at 9:30 this morning I was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready to go!
Miles, Cameron, our Russian friend Inna, and I went downtown and took the ferry (about a 45 min ride) to Russki Island. It is very rural and quaint, and we wandered about through old coal plants, a quiet little monastery, and an abandoned factory. We bought some really good fresh honey and milk. We walked along the beach until Megan and Jenya met up with us (they drove to the island), and Cameron and I headed back to the mainland for a nap.
This evening I had a lovely dinner with Danielle and Alouna (whose name I finally figured out how to spell in English). The waiter was very patient with Danielle's lack of Russian and we tried to teach her how to ask for the check in Russian to impress him. This sadly failed. We'll have to practice a little more.
Tonight we watched a Russian movie and finally got to eat POPCORN! I LOVE POPCORN! Up until now, I have had no way to make popcorn because I can only find microwave popcorn and there are only stoves and sinks in the kitchen. However, Jenya has a microwave in his room (illegal in the dorms... don't tell!) and he let me borrow it. It's good to have Russian friends!
Tonight I'm going to bed full and happy (my stomach feels fine thank you very much!) and excited that tomorrow we're going to try to go to the Russian circus. It's apparently the biggest circus in the world. And I've never been to a circus!
The unfortunate part of having such a great weekend is that my homework is piling up. Sometimes I forget that I'm here to study too, not just have great Russian experiences! Tonight I would like to encourage you all to follow my questionable example; throw responsibility to the wind and take advantage of any opportunities you may find floating in the breeze.
This weekend has been a flurry of wonderful adventures which I look forward to sharing with you in greater detail soon! For now my internet is being slow and I can't download pictures, so I'll just give you a quick overview so you don't feel like we're losing touch too much.
Friday we Americans went downtown to have Georgian food for dinner. The restaurant was cute, reasonably priced, yummy, and after our appetizers it turned into a dance hall as well. A festive time was had by all!
Afterwards, we met up with some Russian friends and hung out at a bar downtown. Miles, Cameron, and I had plans to head to Russki Island in the morning so we left at a reasonable hour and barely managed to convince the door guards at the university to let us in (we were after curfew). Luckily, they took pity on us poor Americans. I chatted with Megan and Jenya (Russian) for a bit then tried to rest up for the next morning's adventure.
My attempts were unfortunately stymied by a freak bout of food poisoning, which led to a very disheartened blog post last night during my recovery. But at 9:30 this morning I was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready to go!
Miles, Cameron, our Russian friend Inna, and I went downtown and took the ferry (about a 45 min ride) to Russki Island. It is very rural and quaint, and we wandered about through old coal plants, a quiet little monastery, and an abandoned factory. We bought some really good fresh honey and milk. We walked along the beach until Megan and Jenya met up with us (they drove to the island), and Cameron and I headed back to the mainland for a nap.
This evening I had a lovely dinner with Danielle and Alouna (whose name I finally figured out how to spell in English). The waiter was very patient with Danielle's lack of Russian and we tried to teach her how to ask for the check in Russian to impress him. This sadly failed. We'll have to practice a little more.
Tonight we watched a Russian movie and finally got to eat POPCORN! I LOVE POPCORN! Up until now, I have had no way to make popcorn because I can only find microwave popcorn and there are only stoves and sinks in the kitchen. However, Jenya has a microwave in his room (illegal in the dorms... don't tell!) and he let me borrow it. It's good to have Russian friends!
Tonight I'm going to bed full and happy (my stomach feels fine thank you very much!) and excited that tomorrow we're going to try to go to the Russian circus. It's apparently the biggest circus in the world. And I've never been to a circus!
The unfortunate part of having such a great weekend is that my homework is piling up. Sometimes I forget that I'm here to study too, not just have great Russian experiences! Tonight I would like to encourage you all to follow my questionable example; throw responsibility to the wind and take advantage of any opportunities you may find floating in the breeze.
My,my, my dear daughter. A restaurant. A dancehall. A bar. A ferry ride. An island. A coal plant. A monastery. A factory. A beach. A dinner. A movie. A circus. A single weekend?
ReplyDeleteSo happy you are living life to it's fullest. Live some for me.
P.S. Remember the study, curfew, homework part too. (spoken like a true Mom!)
"I pop, you season".
OK, so that's not really from me, but rather from your mother!
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