OH MY GOODNESS!
alright i'll start with a recap from yesterday- we got to the university around 9ish to get our schedules.. turns out that they didnt have one for the people who have never studyed russian before ("welcome to russia" is what we were given as sympathy) so 4 or us sat around in the COLD university all day and was bored and what a waste lol
LAURA! your question about the weather:
its SO COLD HERE!!!!! we were told that at this time of year the average temp. is 70 so we all brought our spring/summer clothes.. what has the weather been like since we have been here? 40'S AND RAIN! i had to go buy a coat! haha but they say it will warm up i sure hope so bc this whole being cold thing all the time is pretty lame..
ill tell you what i did today..i woke up at 6:50 am got a shower & such and got on the bus to get to the university around 8:15 (the dorms are located on a different island - go figure?) it takes about a 35-40 min bus ride in the morning to get there and let me tell you that these russian drivers might be worse than NYC drivers. then i had class from 9:30-11:00 -> a break -> class from 11:20-12:50 -> a break -> class from 1:30-3:00 -> class from 3:10-4:30 ....... the first 3 are all russian language classes and the teachers instructs in both russian and english but mostly russian. today was my first day and BOY my headhurts fromm all of it and to think this is 4 days a week! thats so many hours of russian!
today i learned new words along with many other things..some words i learned are:
karta- map
tart - cake
glas- eye
etc, etc, but you have to remember russian is a different alphabet so its not so easy :)
ah well after classes i have about a mile walk to the nearest metro- so i got back in the area around 5:45 pm
tonight im going to make myself some pasta.. mmmmm.
i had an interesting meal last night i forget the russian name of it off the top of my head but its translated "chicken in kiev" it was a thing of fried chicken w. butter & garlic inside..and a side of mashed potatoes... this dish was delicious! dont worry i took a picture of it!!
ok i suppose thats enough for now
talk to you guys soon
-M.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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