A Day in Moscow...

The last day in country, I traveled with the students to visit Moscow. They were tired, but I am very thankful for their great attitudes through the walking and the heat! :)


On the way there... these guys were tired! And a bit delirious! ;)

A few of my pics from this beautiful city!

WORK DAY!!!

One day, the team took time to help clean the school where we held many of our meetings. The students painted, cleaned, and broke down some old desks. The school was very thankful to them for volunteering their time! Good job, guys! :)

Suzdal

While the team was here, we took a trip to the religious center of our region: Suzdal. It was a rainy and cloudy day, but I am pretty sure that it is IMPOSSIBLE for this place to look anything but beautiful! There are MANY, MANY churches located here, maybe several hundred! They are of all different colors and styles... really a wonderful place to visit!

YOU GO TO THE EAST, YOU GO TO THE WEST; ORANGE SOK IS THE BEST!!!!!

We had a group here doing a cultural exchange project. I was a member of the Orange Sok team (Sok means 'juice' in Russian... so we were Orange juice!)... We had a scavenger hunt, and here are a few things on our list....

Picture with stature of a woman...

Kvas vendor. Kvas is THE summer drink here in Russia, though I don't care too much for it! It tastes like malt vinegar... It is a little like beer, but it isn't alcoholic... we all tasted it, but we didn't enjoy it very much.

Tram station.

All in all, we did well! It was fun... we didn't win... who cares? We were still the best! ;)