Well, we finally made it and it's cold! Today's casual attire includes jeans, tank top, longsleave shirt, and courdoroy jacket and it's still cold! I didn't realize what a southerner I am until I came here...supposedly I have a southern accent y'all
The last few days have been a worldwind of settling into apartments, signing contracts, getting registered, shopping, and trying new foods.
I'll post pictures of our apartment later, but it is really nice...interesting decorations but overall very nice. There are four of us in this aparment, and it's only about a 15 minute walk to the school and much cheaper than we originally expected to pay! For here, a 15 min. walk is actually quite the luxery as most nationals commute over an hour! Granted, I will be taken on that commute once school begins since I have to ride a bus to the country campus. Thankfully 2 of my apartment mates also work at the country school! And Dad, I must say the shower is the best part...it's about the size of a small swimming pool
Thus far, we have tried a range of foods, from lamb shalik to blini to bortsch (beet soup) to pizza with duck and ostrich. Lamb shalik is very good as well as the blini (a large crepe stuffed with mashed potatoes and chicken). The Bortsch was good in small portions and the duck pizza was well, different. Something akin to eating chinese food on your pizza.
The language is a bit daunting, but we're doing our best to learn as much as possible, as quickly as we can. It's amazing a debilitating a new language can be. I can now order orange juice, coffee, and a subway sandwich by myself! I have to admit at the subway place we had a little bit of help from
