To Life!

On Wednesday night, we celebrated Maksim's 22nd birthday in what was for me a very unique way. He rented a limo, provided some champagne, and drove a big group of us around Moscow. We stopped at several famous Moscow sights, including Red Square. There, those of us in heels found out that walking around on the cobblestones is really difficult! I walked right out of my heels at least once. Nevertheless, Red Square still remains one of my all-time favorite places, especially at night. And when you're celebrating with good friends, so much the better!

We got back around 5 o'clock that morning and then I met Inna for more Russian lessons. The reviewed vocabulary, not my strongest point. Russian grammar, although tightly structured, is difficult for me because I barely understand English grammar. But when we use it in practice as I do with Inna, it's a little easier so I'm extremely grateful for her help.

Other than that, it's been a busy week here. Our new energy management systems class is challenging and takes up a lot of time and we've been buckling down to work on homework and assignments. This means we've explored a little less this week but hopefully we'll make it to the Kremlin this weekend. It's crazy that it's April already--the time is absolutely flying! I guess that means I'd better get to work on that to-do list...