My character has been tempered by -30C weather ( Read more... )

So I haven't updated in a while... that's because of the Evils of Finals ( Read more... )

Well, one dizzy dance is done- the culture paper on Easter. I now know why Russians color eggs, some traditions of the church, and the superstitions of peasants. Unfortunately, I still have not found out why the priest dude changes his robes so many times and what those people chant in the corner by the icons (sorry Chut... it's going to be a ( Read more... )

that can describe how royally screwed I am ( Read more... )

and that something is jaundice ( Read more... )

So I haven't updated recently because I'm too lazy to go to an internet cafe, and well, I feel that I don't have anything interesting to say. But if you really want to hear about it... here it is ( Read more... )

I went on a trip last week to Tula. For those of you who care, that is the birth place and death place of Tolstoy. His estate is amazingly beautiful, like Maine in the fall. No wonder he was inspired to write stuff. Among other sights in Tula is the Pryaniik Museum, the Samovar Museum, and the Weaponry Museum ( Read more... )

On Friday I went to The Japanese Restaurant in Yaroslavl. It was called "samolyet" which means airplane. But oh, it gets better: waitresses are dressed like flight attendants, chairs and decor are all plane-like, down to the light strip on the floor. I haven't yet decided whether it's freakin' awesome or tacky ( Read more... )

I finally discovered what my mailing address is. It's more difficult than you would think- since the address I knew required writing in cyrillic, which, not to doubt the intelligence of everyone, I think would be difficult, if not inconvenient. So, here it is (in English, obviously ( Read more... )

So I have just returned from a 4 day trip to Kizhi, this little Island near Petrozavodsk that has churches and stuff built entirely without nails. We also drank water that's supposed to make one healthier from wells that looked like rusty nails. Went to a monastery on another island, and saw the tallest waterfall in Europe (which was about as tall ( Read more... )