Last Hurrah – 12/09 For my last essay I feel like a little “how-to” advice is in order. Specifically how-to spend your last traveling weekend in Russia. After a semester living in Russia everyone wants to go out with one last hurrah before returning to the States. Well, this is how to accomplish that ever … Read more
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Last Hurrah – 12/09 For my last essay I feel like a little “how-to” advice is in order. Specifically how-to spend your last traveling weekend in Russia. After a semester living in Russia everyone wants to go out with one last hurrah before returning to the States. Well, this is how to accomplish that ever … Read more
Rockin’ out with Russians – 12/09 After studying Russian for two years, you should have started getting to know the culture. A huge part of it is their popular music. By the time I arrived here, I’d picked up on the works of a few bards and had had my fair share of pop songs … Read more
Last two weeks! – 12/09 Well, my time in Russia is finally coming to an end. I am leaving in less than two weeks, which seems too soon and not soon enough. I’m looking forward to seeing my family and friends after a semester away, but I also feel that I am not quite ready … Read more
How to Celebrate Like a Russian – 12/09 At the beginning of November, there are two holidays in Russia. Revolution Day commemorates the October Revolution and has a long history in the Soviet Union, but is no longer officially celebrated. Unity Day is a newly invented holiday that commemorates the time when the mysterious holiday … Read more
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Tips from the Field! – 06/09 Even though I have only been in Saint Petersburg, Russia a little over two weeks, I feel as if I have adjusted well to life here (although the adjustment period was not without its ups and downs). Here are some tips that I learned from experience and from other … Read more
Russia Today – 06/09 I made my first visit to Russia five years ago, and lived and studied for four months in St. Petersburg. Now I have returned, not only to a different city, but to a different Russia. Moscow pulses with the energy of a major metropolis, a center of government, commerce and culture. … Read more