Diana 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…
Read MoreGuss & Mary Go Shopping
Gus and Mary are joe-cool volunteers! Two of the best people I know in Russia just happen to be Peace Corps volunteer couple in Nizhny Novgorod. Gus & Mary have the best outlook on life, joy with a bit of wisdom, that I can only hope to emulate one day….
Read MoreThe Pochta is the Place for Stamps
I’ll trade you the US Postal system for this place any day! Now here is a tale for ya, those who think that Russia is too advanced to have a Peace Corps presence. Today I had a pochta (post office) experience. On Saturday, I received this little slip from the…
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