Ok, a party. Last night (Thursday) was Colin's last night in Russia so we had another little party at Alexander's. It was, if possible, better than the last one in some ways. We bought chicken and more Georgian bread and I brought the leftover vodka from my birthday. Alexander, Lesya, Valentin, Colin, Lena, Dima, Alina, Sergei and myself where there and we had so much fun. The food was delicious of course and we all just had such a nice time talking and hanging out, and singing along to AC/DC and Debussy :-) Alexander and Lesya are such nice people and they are so hospitable. And, we got to see inside their apartment and it is SO nice. And they have an adorable cat. Anyway, they are just the nicest and most generous people. Also, Dima came with us this time and he helped Alexander with some of the cooking, and so did Alexander's son Valentin, so Alexander could sit with us more and talk and drink ;-) He is generous with the vodka and cognac so I had to pay attention and take little strolls periodically to make sure I wasn't over-indulging :-) Also, I was glad Sergei decided to come even though he didn't know anyone. He said he like to meet new people and I think he had a good time. Lena and I agree that we think everyone had a good time. And Lena talked to Alexander on the phone today to thank him for having such a nice party and he say something along the lines of 'how could it not be nice when the people were so nice'....Adorable!
Ok, a walk. Today was the last day of our internship and we took a nice walk with the children to a church not far away. It was absolutely beautiful with many flowers and trees. We also got to hear the bells ringing which was really lovely. We went inside as well. It was a good size church and beautiful like all the others I have seen. It was a nice change of pace. Also, the children were very affectionate today. They wanted to hold our hands, sit on our laps and be picked up and held. Also, they loved that Sasha and I were taking a few pictures of the church and them, since it was our last day. They loved our cameras and had so much fun posing for the pictures and then demanding to view them. It was very cute and we got some really nice pictures....check the album on picasa to see them!
It's true...I really hate goodbyes. It was very difficult to say goodbye to the children, even though some of them didn't understand that we weren't going to be there anymore. It was sort of harder to say goodbye to the 2 women who supervise the children. Today 2 of our favorites were working and they had really nice things to say and gave us many hugs before we left. It was so sweet. I will really miss everyone there.
Also, today is Colin's last day in Russia. He leaves tonight for St. Petersburg. I am so sad to see him go because he has been such a great, great, great friend to me during this trip. He has a wonderful sense of humor and has really been a gem. I am determined to make it to Memphis to see him sometime while he is studying at Rhodes. It's not goodbye, only so long. He is actually coming over to the apartment soon to say goodbye...so sad!
Totz budz!
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