Well, I haven't written in a while due to no access to internet. I have to either use a friend's internet or pay money, so I will probably only write two or three times a week. Everything has been going great here. I moved in with my host family about a week and a half ago. My family is very nice. They are an old couple in their mid 70's. The old lady prepares us breakfast every morning and it is really delicious. We usually have noodles with meat, hot cereal, p...

Last Thursday I had dinner with my host family. They live one metro stop from the university, so it will take approximately 20 minutes to get to school. So, I lucked out by being so close. It is an old man and woman in their mid 70's. When we entered their home, we had to take our shoes off and wear slippers. It is customary in Russia to do this so you don't track dirt into the house. The lady immediately sat us down and began showing us her photo albums of when ...

Hey everybody! It's been a little while since I've written. Most of you already know, but my teachers moved me up a level. This means I'm in the highest intermediate level class. The only other class higher than it is an Advanced I class, so I'm happy about it. I've met many new people in the past week from different countries. I have some good friends that live across the hall from me that are from Turkey, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. It was funny, because one ...

Hey everybody! The last few days we've gone on a couple more excursions. On Thursday we went and saw the Hermitage. It was a beautiful building filled with tons of art from around the world. There's not much Russian stuff there. The ceilings are fantastic. They will remind you of the Sistine Chapel ceiling painting by Michelangelo. As pretty as it was, there was just too many art pictures in there. It was interesting for the first hour....but I'm not an artsy per...

Well, where to begin? England was pretty interesting. If there was one thing I was most impressed with, it was the cleanliness of the streets. It was amazing. The only bad thing about the city was the cost of everything. It's so expensive and it's quite easy to drop one hundred dollars in a day. I saw many of the famous sites our second day there when our group went on a tour. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of all of the places, but they were all very b...