Not a whole lot to blog about today. It's been a pretty bleak day without sun but it's probably been the warmest day since we've been here. Some of the snow has already melted into gray-brown slush. Supposedly, it starts getting warm here within the next month. Vera told us today that the dreary days are usually the warmer ones here. For some reason, she said, clear, sunny days are always very cold and often windy.
Today was spent mostly with work and getting things done. I feel like I've been sitting in the classroom staring at Russian cursive and excel for the entire day. Unfortunately, I didn't get out much today. But hopefully tomorrow I will make up for it.
Over dinner this evening, Elisa was telling Miles and I about her grandparents living during Stalin's era. Her grandmother lived in a little village in Siberia and during that time, if you did not travel to a city to obtain a passport by the time you were fourteen, you were not allowed to leave your village for the rest of your life. Of Elisa's family, her grandmother was the only one brave enough to leave. Elisa wants to get to the United States eventually but she says it is difficult for Russians to get visas, especially if they are traveling on their own.
Well, there's not much else to say for now and I'm still getting over this obnoxious cold so I think I'll probably get to bed early tonight. But of course, I've made that plan for the last week now and it has yet to work out...
пока!
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