So, we had some sort of orientation in Moscow before flying to Irkutsk. First of all, in the hotel in Moscow they had signs for everything in Russian, but also in horrible English translations. We had "the macaronis" and "the pork cutting", "an omlet", "the broccolis with gabbage" and other such fantastic signs. I wanted to take a picture but thought that would be weird.
I had to sit in the middle seat of the plane, so didn't get much sleep. There was fog in Irkutsk when we were supposed to land so we had to go to some place across Baikal and stay in their little hanger airport for awhile. They were explaining this on the plane, but naturally I didn't understand it. The guy next to me tried to explain and I sort of understood what he was saying but didn't really process it. I was like "yea, fog, in Irkutsk, okay." Anyway while in Moscow, Irkutsk, and this strange village I bought M&Ms, Sprite, ice cream, and a train ticket. I'm practically set for life.
My host family is very nice. They have two cats. I love both of them, only one of them loves me. I gave them catnip and they seem to be immune to it. Not really sure.
Oh, also while I was getting on the plane for Irkutsk from this strange little village I had my spongebob pillow wrapped up in my peacoat and I was holding it and the woman at the ticket counter asked me if I had a child. Pretty excellent...and awkward.
We discussed many different ways to die in Russia, one of the many was to fall into one of those manholes and boil in sewage. Not so pleasant.
I'll write more later but I need to get home to my host mother before she thinks I died.
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they're immune? awww...
karina started liking more after she attacked me once while i was home alone.
they're not immune, they're faking it to make you angry. do you speak to them in english? you should? no one ever said anything about not breaking the language pledge with animals.
this is amazing to read, post everything!
boiling in sewage... jeepers
(eto alyosha)
ooooo, i want the broccoli and m&ms...home stays in siberia, huh? interesting---yeah totally not doing that in shanghai. i'll be livin it up in a new apartment building with a 2 or 3 person suite complete with single bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living room, and LAUNDRY!!!! soooo cool, sooooo much better than Kenyon living. you can sleep with me when you come visit (you are gonna make down there, right? or are we gonna have to just chill in Mongolia? cause that's cool too--i think, you tell me, since i've never be over that way before)
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