We'll Always Have Vladimir
I'm leaving Vladimir in about 2 hours. Yeah, talk about putting blogging off to the last minute. But it's been such a nice summer that I didn't want to sit inside on the computer. I taught one class - it was my favorite level and I had a great group of students. The weather was really hot for a couple weeks and we spent a lot of time outside; on picnics, throwing the football around, swimming, or just grading papers in the sun. I took a day trip to the monastary at Sergeiev Posad, a weekend trip to visit a friend in Nizhni Novgorod, and a weekend trip to Moscow when my family was there (they were also in Petersburg and Vladimir, and it was great to have them here).
Of course, it's hard to believe I'm leaving. I don't really have anything to say about it, other than that I had an amazing time. Maybe when I get home I'll be able to reflect on it more. I'll probably just sit around for a few weeks in a melancholic state drinking tea and listening to Кино.
But I've got some things to do before that. Tonight Eric, Sara, and I are getting on the train and heading 24 hours south to the city of Rostov-on-the-Don. We're going to teach English there for three weeks to Russian scientists. Then Eric and I are heading to Moldova to do the same thing for 10 more days. Next we're flying to Tblisi, Georgia. We should get there on August 2nd, and we have tickets from Istanbul to New York City on the 18th. We're planning on spending a few days in Georgia and then traveling around the eastern part of Turkey before going to Istanbul. From New York I'm planning on heading to Boston for a few days before flying home on August 23rd. I'm not sure how good my internet access will be this summer, but I should be able to check my email sometimes. So please write to me, and maybe I'll even blog if I get ambitious. To those of you in Russia: goodbye and I'll miss you a lot, to those in America: I hope I can see you soon. Here's one last picture of a wonderful lunch we had at the American Home. I hope I'll be back to Vladimir again before too long.
I'm leaving Vladimir in about 2 hours. Yeah, talk about putting blogging off to the last minute. But it's been such a nice summer that I didn't want to sit inside on the computer. I taught one class - it was my favorite level and I had a great group of students. The weather was really hot for a couple weeks and we spent a lot of time outside; on picnics, throwing the football around, swimming, or just grading papers in the sun. I took a day trip to the monastary at Sergeiev Posad, a weekend trip to visit a friend in Nizhni Novgorod, and a weekend trip to Moscow when my family was there (they were also in Petersburg and Vladimir, and it was great to have them here).
Of course, it's hard to believe I'm leaving. I don't really have anything to say about it, other than that I had an amazing time. Maybe when I get home I'll be able to reflect on it more. I'll probably just sit around for a few weeks in a melancholic state drinking tea and listening to Кино.But I've got some things to do before that. Tonight Eric, Sara, and I are getting on the train and heading 24 hours south to the city of Rostov-on-the-Don. We're going to teach English there for three weeks to Russian scientists. Then Eric and I are heading to Moldova to do the same thing for 10 more days. Next we're flying to Tblisi, Georgia. We should get there on August 2nd, and we have tickets from Istanbul to New York City on the 18th. We're planning on spending a few days in Georgia and then traveling around the eastern part of Turkey before going to Istanbul. From New York I'm planning on heading to Boston for a few days before flying home on August 23rd. I'm not sure how good my internet access will be this summer, but I should be able to check my email sometimes. So please write to me, and maybe I'll even blog if I get ambitious. To those of you in Russia: goodbye and I'll miss you a lot, to those in America: I hope I can see you soon. Here's one last picture of a wonderful lunch we had at the American Home. I hope I'll be back to Vladimir again before too long.
posted by Joanna at 7:44 PM
2 Comments:
yeah... like moosh said in the email - that picture with the umbrellas... weird. i miss you - and Vladimir. here's hoping everything works out and i'll be in russia in august! (although it will be strange being in siberia w/o you guys)
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