haha, i'm still here... i've been here for like a month taking classes, researching at libraries and going around the city looking at stuff. i went to a REAL banya at the family's dacha (summer cottage thingy) and it was intense. here they do the same thing only naked. and my host mother hit my entire body with that branch-looking thing.
things have been really good so far--i really like the family this program set me up with. the mother is like 32 and the dad is 40. compared to the other families everyone else got matched up with in the program they are significantly more hip and laid back. the food isn't totally disgusting either! that was a pleasant surprise as well. russia is a very magical place.
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things have been really good so far--i really like the family this program set me up with. the mother is like 32 and the dad is 40. compared to the other families everyone else got matched up with in the program they are significantly more hip and laid back. the food isn't totally disgusting either! that was a pleasant surprise as well. russia is a very magical place.
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