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I don't even know where to start. Somehow I am getting by on absolutely 0 sleep. I am not sure how, and I am sure that I will eventually crash and burn.
The driver last night let us stop and take pictures at a couple scenic places on the way home, which includes the above picture. So pretty. I also uploaded a picture of the sunrise over the Oka River, which was as beautiful as the sunset.
Went home from work last night and went to an Italian restaurant. Somehow, we (Charles & I) decided it was a GREAT idea to drink some Russian vodka... something about immersing ourselves in the culture (Lyuba was laughing at us the whole time). Needless to say, the vodka was cold and the Stella was warm. Managed to drink straight vodka and still walk straight.
So the next idea was to go gambling in our hotel. While not a profitable idea, it was definitely entertaining. I learned a couple things here... how to play roulette, how to lose at roulette, and then you actually win at roulette, you are not supposed to "get excited". Or maybe when you win at gambling in Russia, you are not supposed to be excitied. Who knows.
I do know that there will be no "culture" tonight. I can't wait to go to Moscow this weekend. Lyuba has been before and will be serving as our 'official' guide :)
As a mid-morning update, we had a substance that looked remarkably like snow come down for about 5 minutes this morning. Snow in Paris in April was unexpected, and now snow in Russia in May. What's next? Snow in June in Shanghai?
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