Don’t Miss the trolleybus
The only way to cruze in Russia: the trolleybus! It costs two rubles, and goes all over the city. It doesn’t pollute and no one argues with it. What could it be? A trolleybus, that’s what! Moscow, and most Russian cities, are crisscrossed by trolleybus lines, buses that are powered…
Read MoreI Go Far for Nike’s in Moscow
What I do for a new pair of shoes Last week, as I felt the pebbles on the street through my old Nikes I deiced it was time to buy a new pair. Yes, I know I should have bought a pair of shoes before I left, but I didn’t…
Read MoreDiana Will be a Yale Freshman
Diana rocks the Ryazan Educational Advising Center Me, Diana, & Vlad, chillin’ In Ryazan I was assigned to run a Educational Advising Center for the students of the local universities. Actually saying I was to run it is an overstatement. Diana runs the office, I was just to get the…
Read MoreWanna Learn English? Ask Heather
Heather knows the way to conjugate a verb Heather always kisses the air Strangely enough there are Peace Corps Volunteers here in Moscow, and Heather is one of them. She and I have argued about the role of PCV’s in the capital of such a country, and until both doors…
Read MoreHanna Loves Russia Enough to Volunteer
Hannah is the coolest! Hannah is an amazing woman. She first started coming to Russia when she was a young girl, drawn here by the romance we all feel with this forbidden land. She continued her studies with a Russian tint, finally graduating from the Monterrey Institute (the old CIA…
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