PETERGOF!

--emily and i by the water

-- Rafie, Rachel, Kiwi, Emily, Me, Joe, Peter


--joe rachel and i


-- the heater that keeps us warm in that freezing stone building no matter what the temp is outside!


--our classroom


hey everyone! i have so much to tell you/show you!

well yesterday i had classes all day and then i met up with alex and paul and then we met up with their friend Inna and she was really nice..we saw transformers 2 and it was ALL IN RUSSIAN! funny thing is i knew what was happeneing even though i didnt understand the words.. it was pretty good..i tried this popcorn it was called sweet popcorn and it was delicious i wish i could bring some home for everyone to try!

today we went to petergof (peterhof) and so far its my favoirte place in SPB ..it was GORGEOUS! omg. there are no words for me to describe but i have pictures and videos that i'm going to post-- ill probably only post a little today because the internet in this place is being very tempremental in this place :( but i promise i will get all of them up soon!

so to get to petergof we took a boat over.. a hydro something that when it gets to a certain speed it goes higher off the water? it was pretty cool..my first boat ride :) when we got out to where there was just water i fell asleep lol.. you know what i think is funny? how i can fall asleep so easily on a bus, a boat, and a train, but when i wanna go to sleep in a bed it takes me forever!!

we had a really nice tour guide today she was so sweet and she had a wonderful sense of humor- ill post a pic of her later.. her name was olga..

oh something before i forget- while we were touring the palace today we were in someones bedroom and there was a chair next to the bed and olga was like can anyone guess what this is?? and no one knew so she told us and it was a camode!!! a nice looking golden painted camode!! i thought of my peoples at VHRC when she told us that.. we should invest in some fancy looking camodes for the residents haha!

KATHY SCHNURRR when i went to see transformers last night i saw a sign for the harry potter movie! the sign sounded like (garry pogger) or something like that it was funny but i thought of you! if i go back to the theater anytime soon ill try to get a picture of it for you :)

there are some pictures of my class and the classroom we study in.. i love our class we get silly sometimes but thats what makes it fun even if it is hard.. the last lesson on thursday was rough because we were doing big numbers such as 71213 and it takes me like 5 minutes to say it!

hahahah i forgot to tell you guys something the other day...when we went to the WWII cemetary i had to pee sooo bad so before we got on the metro i was looking for a bathroom and like the U.S. you cant just walk in somewhere and use their bathroom you have to be a customer.. but they do have port o pots....but.. i had to pay 15 rubles to use it hahahahah i thought that was funny and i thought i'd share that

another thing you always have to pay for here is taking pictures in museums and stuff.. and it usually costs like 5$! i think its silly but hey i guess they need all they can get here...

tonight im going to a russian nightclub!! im so excited- i cant wait to hear the music and see what its like.. me, two of my room mates, and joe from class are meeting up and its going to be a really late night because the club opens at 12 (the metro closes at 12 and bridges go up) so we're basically stuck until 4am which im sure we'll be in the club for the most part and then maybe go to a 24 hr cafe or something but DONT WORRY i know you guys are going to worry! but ill be fine :)

jessieee im glad to hear that everything went well!! i'll email you back tomorrow probably <3

ill share more with yall later
<3 xox
-M.

p.s. alright this internet isnt working well so im not going to be able to post any more than what i already have SORRY