Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
The picture above is actually Nizhniy Novgorod, as I have not taken any pictures of Pavlovo, where we are currently working.
There is nothing exciting going on... last night I stayed awake for part of the drive home... there were a lot of cows, goats, and chickens. We ate dinner at the hotel - I had Russian stew with meat and potatos...yum
Each floor of our hotel has a 'reception' area where you leave your keys everyday. It has a little bird, some fish, and some plants... it's actually rather nice. After dinner, Lyuba and I stopped by to see the bird. Apparently the bird prefers when Lyuba speaks Russian to it than when I speak to it in English... it just squawked at me, but it sang for her. Go figure. Luckily, I had already ironed my clothes for the week, because the hotel has 'community' ironing boards in the hallway which were being used. Lyuba and I don't have wireless on our side of the hotel, but Charles manages to get it on his side of the hotel. This place is definitely not the kind of hotel I am used to - thankfully we are staying somewhere else next week.
Anyway, I had work to do, so I went to my room, watched Desperate Housewives (downloaded from iTunes) and got to work. Talked with Garin (my boss) and was in bed by midnight. I guess I was so tired every night so far this week that I didn't notice that the springs from the bed were digging into my back. So I didn't get to sleep until 1:30am, had 4 hours of sleep, but still figured I would atleast get an hour sleep on the ride into work.
This morning we were in a "bus" because we had 2 translators coming to work with us. The "bus" was not very accomodating for someone who wanted to sleep on the way to work. Between the roads that were paved in the early 90s (without patching up any potholes since), the techno music, and the driver swerving every other minute, we were bouncing around and there was no way I was going to sleep. Shoot. So I was wide awake watching my life flash before my eyes as this guy told us we would get to work within 30 minutes (on a normal 1 hour drive). As you can imagine, I wish I would have slept through it.
On a positive note, I got to see the countryside, and again it reminded me a lot of Czech Republic. I am sure there are other countries it is more comparable to, I just haven't visited them yet. There is a lot of open countryside, with homes grouped together in random intervals. We saw a lot of chickens, goats, and cows... which reminded me of the time in Czech Republic where we had to wait for a goat to cross a road before we could get to work. There were chickens everywhere, and I don't understand how people know what chickens belong to them if the chickens get to roam freely by the highway. Lyuba just laughed at me when I asked, but I think it is a legitimate question.
We still have no had any vodka to drink (shocking!), so we are going to go out tonight (don't worry dad, I will behave and be careful). The translators recommeded a place by the Kremlin for a good dinner and we will try to relax a little.
My love and I miss you all!!!
- comments