I'll keep this first post pretty short because I'm using my host "babushka"'s internet and I don't want to be on it too long. I think I'm going to have to draft my posts while not online then just post them later. Also, I just want to go ahead and throw this out there: I may only be able to blog about once a week. It turns out that I am going to be a very busy man.
Anyway, the adventure to Moscow and then to Yaroslavl was actually quite painless and exciting. Riding in a taxi on Moscow's streets is perhaps one of the most exhausting, terrifying things I have ever experienced, but other than that everything has been great. Everyone in the program met at the Holiday Inn in Moscow and then we went to our respective cities and have had small orientations for the past few days.
We signed the language pledge today, BUT our RC (resident coordinator) decided that it would be best if we used English for today since she needed to explain some very important matters that she wanted to make sure everyone understood clearly. So, we'll be using Russian from here on out. I know I said I would first post in Russian on blog posts, but I must renege - it would simply take too much time, time that I don't have. So, I'll keep most of my blogs fairly short and insert Russian words where I can and am confident that they are correct. Perhaps eventually, when my Russian has improved, I will attempt to blog по-русский (in Russian) and will then translate.
Well, I think I will post a few pictures and then do some reading before I go to sleep. Tomorrow some of my friends and I are meeting up to run some errands and get to know the layout of the city a little better. (For those of you who are worried just by reading that sentence and are thinking 'I can't imagine it being safe for a foreigner to just walk around a Russian city' - don't fret. I'll be with a good size group, we'll only be walking around while it's light outside, and we all have our resident coordinator on speed dial.)
До скорого! (the Russian equivalent of "see you later")
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