Midway through writing yet another journal entry in my Russian “tetrad” booklet, I realised that it’s been some time since I last updated the blog. Once again, sorry about the lack of posts. I made a commitment to maintain this blog, so I’ll try posting

Forgot to share this nice memory, but it happened sometime in Fall. My host sister asked how to translate Russian verb “vi-ki-newt” into English. I told her that it translated as “to put it (something) in the trash”, and she repeated it several times quickly.

So there’s a part two of the New Years Celebrations. The grandparents (mother’s parents) came over at 9pm, so the whole family ate Russian salads, and the pizzas my sister Anya and I made. Then around midnight, we watched the President on TV congratulating this

Proud to say I understood this entire film. =) I think you will too, even if you don’t know the language.

So the night is only getting started, but we finished decorating the Tannebaum and cooking for the New Years Feast. All there is to do right now is wait until Babyshka and Dedyshka (grandparents) to come! Earlier today, sister, friends and I went ice skating

Today was definitely a blog worthy day. I met people and had an amazing time every single hour, despite being slightly sick. The day started with sitting in Russian class with the 11th grade. After the lesson, we watched a puppet theater in the auditorium.

So things are going well in general. I’m sorry for the lack of posts. There hasn’t been much going on for a while, but maybe later this week some friends and I will watch a Russian comedy called Elki 2. I don’t have much to

I also forgot to mention a really cool thing about McDonalds. No, it’s not that the fast food here is actually much tastier. And no, it’s not that here you leave your trays on the table for attendants to clean up later. I don’t really

Yesterday, the exchange students handled some documents for the upcoming Moscow camp. At school 41, not much happened, so there is little to say about that except that we're planned to leave town January 3rd and leave Moscow on the 9th. After the meeting, we

I noticed that the blogs from past exchange students tend to die out around this season. I don’t know the exact reason, but it might be the critical milestone where emotions heighten. I am not as homesick as I imagined I would be. Yes, I