My goodness. I appear to be in Russia!
The hotel I'm staying in is very nice, and apparently AMAZING by Russian standards. Very clean, and blessedly filled with beds. And a shower. I worship the shower- I no longer smell like a stressed out hamster!
I was incredibly jet lagged yesterday. I felt terrible. A little acidophilous and 12 hours of sleep seems to have cured that. And yes, I'd been taking the jetlag pills!
The plane ride was 6 hours, then a layover, then 2.5 hours, then an hour bus ride. The crossatlantic was bumpy, but not terrifying, and extremely cramped. They played cartoons, one of which was Rescue rangers, which I hadn't thought about for years, until the day before the flight. Strange. I couldn't concentrate enough to read, study, or write, so I just listened to my shuffle and tried- mostly fruitlessly- to sleep.
It's so wonderful and strange to look around and see and hear russian, russian, russian! I was delighting in reading all of the signs when we got off the plane. Of course, the minute we did get off the plane, the Russian Only rule swung into action. I understood most of what our guides were saying, thank heavens. My small talk was somewhat lacking, however.
Anyway, I'm alive and well, and suspect that there is an orientation or something soon, though I was too dead on my feet to really understand what was supposed to be going on today last night.
I'll try to post again soon, and perhaps with pictures!
4 comments:
Yeah!!!!!
Good job, and we are glad you got a good night's sleep.
We miss you, call as soon as you can.
Mom and Dad
Proud of ya sis. I hope things are uber l33Tzorz through out the stay. proud of you as always. (yes I did all of the wrong grammar on purpose)
Wonderful, I am glad you are in Russia and seem so happy.
Russian only, eh? Well, that's the way to do it. But it must be stressful. Thinkin' of you!
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