First of all, I have another awesome superstition to tell you. Lena's nose was itchy and she told me that in Russia that means you either will have an alcoholic drink soon or be punched in the nose soon. Haha. Tell me that isn't an interesting insight into Russian culture.
Second, I went to a little party last night with my friend Misha (not to be confused with my friend Masha; I have a lot of English speaking Russian friends in Novgorod). Anyway, he is in the militia and one of his fellow members was like promoted and given new stars for the shoulders of his uniform so he had a little get together. The tradition is that the stars have to be put into a glass of vodka and like cleaned before they can be accepted onto the uniform and the guy has to drink the vodka to get the stars. It was such a fun party. I tried to speak Russian, they tried to speak English by translating things online; it was awesome. Also, they kept begging me to sing Fergie but I was SO embarassed and couldn't remember all the words so I sang part of a classical Italian song instead, it was SO funny.
Third, believe it or not we are going to St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) this weekend, Thursday through Sunday. I'm excited to go on a mini-break and see the sights. We also only have 3 days of school this week :-)
Fourth, we started our history lessons today. Pretty cool. Very interesting stuff. Some of it I already knew from some classes at Brockport but some I didn't. Here's an interesting fun fact: Russia (size wise) is 1/6 of the world; 2 USAs put together. Crazy big.
Fifth, because of Misha and the party, and Masha and her friends, I have like mad Russian friends now. Alina, Natasha, Yahna, Marina, Ramazon, Ludmila...they all rock so here's a shout out to them! (Don't be sad Brockport/Dansville friends....I love and miss you all too!)
Finally, I am off to go to Masha's flat to watch Harry Potter. We are preparing for when the new movie comes out on Thursday...although I won't see it until after I get back from St. Petersburg.
Love,
Francesca
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I Moved On
12 years ago
Hi sweetheart,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are having a blast. Do you remember any of the song from the dance club? What is their music like? Do they have our pop music or their own or combo of both. In other words did you recognize any of the songs from the states? Did they play older songs from the states? Think you get the gist. I can't wait to hear about St Petersburg. I'm glad you have a lot of friends to hang out with. But then again who can resist you :-)
Love, Joy and Lots of Laughter
Love Aunt Denise