Hello! It has been way too long since I've last posted. This past month has been filled with absolute craziness and business! However, the longer I'm here the more I am enjoying my experience and loving teaching.
At the end of September, beginning of October, we went to two cities called Vladimir and Suzdel. Vladimir was the country's capital back in the 9th and 10th century before St. Petersburg and Moscow were founded. The city is deeply embedded with the history that comes along with it. It is about 4 hours outside of Moscow in the beautiful country sides of Russia.
We went to the Church of Intercession where we had to follow this cobble stoned road:
There was some amazing architecture in the city as well. This is The Vladimir Bell Tower:
It was such an amazing experience to see the quaint and quiet side of Russia verses the business of Moscow. Everyone now tells us that we have seen the "real" Russia!
About mid October we went to the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. It is a foreign museum where we were able to see tons of art from Egypt, Greece, and England.
My favorite thing that we did was going into the Egypt section they had artifacts that dated to 24 BC! Crazy, huh? They also had some mummies there.
That same day we also went to the most famous Cathedral in Moscow, Christ the Savior. The cathedral was originally torn down in the early 1900's but was rebuilt in the early 90's. It is an exact replica of the original and is absolutely beautiful! Definitely the biggest and prettiest cathedral yet. This is also the cathedral where recently a girl punk group band started singing. They were arrested and it's been huge news not only in Russia but worldwide. It seems as though the people in Russia have a constant struggle with their government. Nothing like what the U.S. has to deal with.
Christ the Savior Cathedral:
Last but not least, my group and I celebrated Halloween! It was a great Halloween this year. We all taught classes in our costumes and the kids absolutely loved it! I was dressed as a fairy and all the little girls were in awe, it was pretty funny. They would not let go of me and all wanted the wand that I had.
This is a picture of Sofi, the blonde, and Nina. They are best friends and just adorable. Nina is more of a goof she always makes funny faces and loves to laugh non stop. Her little giggles just crack me up.
Funny story about Nina, she likes to run up to me with open arms and say "Mommmmmmy!" and she'll come up and nestle her head in my stomach and hug me. I have to constantly remind her that's not my name and that I'm "Teacher, not Mommy." And one day she said, "okay, Teacher Mommy!!!" Hahahaha, made me laugh so hard I couldn't help but let her call me that.
At the end of September, beginning of October, we went to two cities called Vladimir and Suzdel. Vladimir was the country's capital back in the 9th and 10th century before St. Petersburg and Moscow were founded. The city is deeply embedded with the history that comes along with it. It is about 4 hours outside of Moscow in the beautiful country sides of Russia.
We went to the Church of Intercession where we had to follow this cobble stoned road:
There was some amazing architecture in the city as well. This is The Vladimir Bell Tower:
It was such an amazing experience to see the quaint and quiet side of Russia verses the business of Moscow. Everyone now tells us that we have seen the "real" Russia!
About mid October we went to the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. It is a foreign museum where we were able to see tons of art from Egypt, Greece, and England.
My favorite thing that we did was going into the Egypt section they had artifacts that dated to 24 BC! Crazy, huh? They also had some mummies there.
That same day we also went to the most famous Cathedral in Moscow, Christ the Savior. The cathedral was originally torn down in the early 1900's but was rebuilt in the early 90's. It is an exact replica of the original and is absolutely beautiful! Definitely the biggest and prettiest cathedral yet. This is also the cathedral where recently a girl punk group band started singing. They were arrested and it's been huge news not only in Russia but worldwide. It seems as though the people in Russia have a constant struggle with their government. Nothing like what the U.S. has to deal with.
Christ the Savior Cathedral:
Last but not least, my group and I celebrated Halloween! It was a great Halloween this year. We all taught classes in our costumes and the kids absolutely loved it! I was dressed as a fairy and all the little girls were in awe, it was pretty funny. They would not let go of me and all wanted the wand that I had.
This is a picture of Sofi, the blonde, and Nina. They are best friends and just adorable. Nina is more of a goof she always makes funny faces and loves to laugh non stop. Her little giggles just crack me up.
Funny story about Nina, she likes to run up to me with open arms and say "Mommmmmmy!" and she'll come up and nestle her head in my stomach and hug me. I have to constantly remind her that's not my name and that I'm "Teacher, not Mommy." And one day she said, "okay, Teacher Mommy!!!" Hahahaha, made me laugh so hard I couldn't help but let her call me that.
Teaching has been so much fun for me! The kids are great and constantly make me laugh. There are some bad days, but the good days make up for those and then some. The teaching method is coming more natural for me and I really feel like I am teaching them something. Such a great feeling!
Once again, I'm sorry this is all so late. I am currently on my long vacation I have travelled to St. Petersburg, Russia and Tallin, Estonia. As of right now, I am on my way to Sweden! It has been so fun and I will update everyone the next time I get internet access!
Thanks for all the love and support, I really do appreciate everything that everyone has done to help me!
Whitney!! I'm so glad that you are having such an awesome time over there!! I miss you mucho and can't wait to see you, but I hope the rest of your Russia time just gets better!! Love you!!
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