Today was such a great day. Everyone from the Lingvist group (which is the program I'm working with) met up and I had a delicious lunch. It was piroshok (or however you spell it) which is like a bready thing with potatoes in it and I also had a banana and salad. Quite delicious. Then we were sent on a quest through a market and through the city. I was too uncomfortable to speak Russian so I kind of didn't get anything out of it, but seeing the beautiful market was enough.
This is Lenin. I met him on our walk.
I really hope to break out of my culture shock soon.
At the end of the mission everyone met up on an on an island in the middle of the resevoir to eat some snacks and drink some juice or wine and get to know eachother. It was great. I'm learning a lot of vocabulary, but I'm also forgetting it immediately, so I really need to put some work in actually trying to learn Russian.
This is everyone, mostly.
And this is Abby's host sister. She is awesome and she speaks English perfectly.
This is the view from our spot on the Island.
There were men playing volleyball in skimpy bottoms near us. They ended up coming over and asking us to join them, but we kindly declined the offer. Probably my biggest regret so far.
My wonderful host family (from left to right: Ilya, Lena, Luida). They bought me a frisbee! They are perfect.
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