I've made it!!
Moscow has been amazing so far and I am missing everyone at home. The flight was 10 and 1/2 hours from Atlanta and I have serious jetlag, but I am making the adjustment. With the time zone change (9 hours from San Antonio) it is interesting to get acclimated but everything is going really well. I slept 8 hours last night after arrival, but woke up at 4am for sunrise...yes, sunrise is at 4am! It didn't get dark until almost 930pm last night. The nights are short, but I know that I will make the adjustment.
So far I have been to Red Square twice and seen St. Basils Cathedral, the Spasskaya Tower, the Kremlin, and Moscow State University. I have been taking tons of photos but will have to update the photos later since I am writing from an internet cafe.
The dorms we are living in are S.P.A.R.T.A.N....straight from Soviet times, but that was to be expected. I have 4 room mates and everyone is getting along well. I hope everyone reading this is doing well. Feel free to leave me a message if you get a chance. I am about out of time now, but will post again soon!
Language courses start tomorrow and I am very excited. Today we received our metro passes for the train system and took written and oral exams in Russian. It was interesting and I think I did well. I will let you know how that goes, I get my results tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed.
- NC.
Moscow has been amazing so far and I am missing everyone at home. The flight was 10 and 1/2 hours from Atlanta and I have serious jetlag, but I am making the adjustment. With the time zone change (9 hours from San Antonio) it is interesting to get acclimated but everything is going really well. I slept 8 hours last night after arrival, but woke up at 4am for sunrise...yes, sunrise is at 4am! It didn't get dark until almost 930pm last night. The nights are short, but I know that I will make the adjustment.
So far I have been to Red Square twice and seen St. Basils Cathedral, the Spasskaya Tower, the Kremlin, and Moscow State University. I have been taking tons of photos but will have to update the photos later since I am writing from an internet cafe.
The dorms we are living in are S.P.A.R.T.A.N....straight from Soviet times, but that was to be expected. I have 4 room mates and everyone is getting along well. I hope everyone reading this is doing well. Feel free to leave me a message if you get a chance. I am about out of time now, but will post again soon!
Language courses start tomorrow and I am very excited. Today we received our metro passes for the train system and took written and oral exams in Russian. It was interesting and I think I did well. I will let you know how that goes, I get my results tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed.
- NC.
posted by NC at 8:20 AM
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Thanks Dad and Deb, Everything is going good. Class was very good today. I learned alot. I think this is going to be a great experience for learning. Most people here do not speak english and are very eager to let you know that you had better learn how to communicate on their terms. It is definitely a total immersion environment. I am learning a lot.
I am glad to here that Gigi is doing great. I know everyone probably feels loads better now that she is so much closer to home.
Going slow on the vodka shots. Everything takes time here and you can't afford to be caught with your guard down, after all, it is eastern europe. haha. Mostly everyone is staying close to the group, and the jet lag is getting better. Right now it is late afternoon, going to get dinner and hang out around our neighborhood.
Speaking of dinner, people here generally eat 2 meals and a snack as opposed to 3 squares so it has been a change of lifestlye. I am expecting to come back slim and trim. That will be nice.
Post more soon.
- NC
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