Hello to everyone out there! As I write this, I cannot help but be totally "shokirovan" that it's already October and I've been in Moscow for a month already. True, it's a little sad that I'm going to miss fall foliage in New England, and the Sox kicking Anaheim's ass AGAIN, but life is good. And God is good...all the time. All the time...God is good.
It's also good to be back blogging away after taking a bit of a break from the internet. Yesterday I decided to get out of the city for the day and take the commuter train (electrichka) up to Dmitrov, which is a beautiful little community, even though it now takes me 2.5 hours just to get there. I stayed and walked around the Dmitrovsky Kremlin. I probably would have stayed longer, but Mother Nature wasn't quite so cooperative. Anyway, now that I live in the southern part of Moscow, I intend to search out other prigoroda so I can take day trips that don't require quite so much travel. Today, on the other hand, the weather was gorgeous, albeit chilly. I took the metro to Kolomenskoye, which is a lovely park/museum along the Moscow River. The best things in life are free, so the saying goes, and one cannot argue with that. There really is something to be said for just walking around and enjoying nature. I saw a lot of couples out and about and even a couple of newlyweds...in Russia it is traditional for married couples to walk around the city, I've seen quite a few in my time in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Speaking of St. Petersburg, I am long overdue for a visit...maybe see a ballet, be amazed by the beauty within...;) That shall have to happen soon. Getting back to Kolomenskoye, I spent a good two hours walking around and reading (yes I am that guy who spends his Saturdays doing homework) and thanking God for keeping me safe as well as His glorious creation. Hallelujah! :D
What lies on the horizon for me in the near future? Well, Monday I have my first test in Stylistics (eek!), for which I need to choose and read an article on fairy tales, which I will later use for my research. We've been studying how to write annotatsi, referaty and various plans (summarizing/outlining of texts) and we have to do all that using the article we choose. It's a little overwhelming, but I think I can do it, and it's almost certainly required later on for the other books and articles we use. Apart from that, I need to give my Bach presentation on Thursday, seeing as though class was cancelled last week (gotta love Russian universities!) Hopefully I will be able to make it to St. Petersburg, this will require some planning in advance, so maybe sometime in November I will get to go. Let's just say I have an extra incentive to see the city where I celebrated my 21st birthday drinking apple juice through a straw and attending a really sketchy museum.
That's all for now. Poka iz Moskvy! Love you guys! :) Miss you mucho!
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