Country Info
- Moscow
- Capital
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Currency
- 145,470,197
- Population
- RU
- Country Code
Novgorod Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Novgorod, Russian Federation
Slept Like a Baby
This is a top pick! We slept like babies on the train as we didn't have to worry about anything with the door locked. We missed seeing the white Europe-Asia Border Obelisk outside of Kungur, but who figured we'd miss spotting a snow covered white monument in the middle of ...
Some pictures again...finally
Well, we have less than a month now, and then we'll be leaving for Moscow! We're in the last seminar and it's going well so far. We have our big exams and our research paper due in about three-and-a-half weeks! I know I'll be busy with those over ...
Almost the half-way point!
... RSP girls. It's called 9 Pota (9 Rota). We're still not quite sure what the name means, and it was all in Russian (w/ no subtitles), but it was good nonetheless! It's a pretty popular film right now, here in Russia...about the Soviet war in ...
Odd Job and the Mongol Traders
... bag. The water that I had bought the night before had frozen, so it was definitely bellow freezing in the room. The Russian provodnik (attendants) got out the coal and the room went from one extreme in temperature to the other. The scenery out the window ...
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
Here are some more pics...! Still from St. Petersburg (most of them), but many of NN will be coming ...
Nizhny Novgorod
C'est Masha qui nous heberge a Nijny Novgorod. Visage rond et pose, cheveux tirant sur le roux, quelque chose dans le temperament flegmatique et le sourire triste qui rappelle la Finlande. Pour la remercier de la delicieuse soupe aux champignons ...
...Happy be-lated Veteran's Day...
... topic has been extremely hard for me to take here. Our professor is very biased in his thinking on this subject. And, naturally, the Russian press is not very "sympathetic" to our cause. I don't pretend to wave a "Bush and the American military can do ...
Kazan, etc.
... though. Anyway, yeah, it was killer hot on the train coming into Nizhni. We started our final seminar today! It's the Russian politics/International Affairs seminar....the one I came here for! :O) We have a huge research paper due in about a ...
Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
... us enough to open up to such depths of love even though we can't communicate very well to each other. It's funny, I though I'd be fluent in Russian by now. I have the basics down, but I don't feel like I've grasped it yet. But I know it's still there if I ...
I'm in Europe now
3rd biggest city in Russia, I see my first McDonalds, nice kremlin here as well ...
Novgorod--Ancient City of Churches...
Three hours driving on fairly good highways in rain and shine put us at the Kremlin in Novgorod...and the restaurant Detinets (inside the Kremlin), where we had the good fortune to time our mid-day meal with that of several tour groups...and were able to ...
Nizhniy!
I've settled in pretty well here; my first week at Nizhniy. I have decorated my dorm room with all your cards, and have the encouraging notes from my great friends from community group at my bedside! My class schedule is language class from 9:30-12:30 ...
Better now....
... all about.... One of the things that really threw me while in St. Petersburg, and even here in NN (I think it's just a Russian thing) is that everything costs! They've really embraced capitalism here! You have to pay to use the restroom, unless ...
Boxer and a Lawyer
... tyttoystavan isa oli yhden kaupunginosan johtaja joten Dennisilla oli VIP-liput joka peliin. Vastakkain olivat FC Nizhniy Novgorod - FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostokista. Kannustamamme joukkueen voittaessa 3-1 istuimme matsin VIP-katsomossa ilmaisen teen ...
Die weissen Morgen...
... Hotdog ist in Deutschland viel besser... Nach einer weiteren Nacht in einem entspannten russischen Schlafwagen erreichten wir Nishnij Novgorod - und ich hatte mir schon einige Faux-Pas geleistet, von lautem Schnaeuzen bis zu indifferentem Verhalten wenn ...
Splendiferous Siberia
... insane… INSANE! I don't even know where to begin, so I guess we’ll just proceed chronologically. The Novgorod trip last weekend was fantastic, incredibly fantastic. We hopped on the bus Saturday morning at 7am and drove through the outskirts ...
NN
... is review so far, for the most part. They teach things a little differently here, a different dialect I suppose. Our seminar is on Russian Culture and Eastern Orthodoxy. We will be in this seminar for the next 3 weeks or so. There's so much I want ...
To whip or be whipped
... and sleep like the dead. Like most things in Russia, the words unexpected an unusual apply, but in a good way! Other than that, Novgorod didn’t have much to do. There was a big statue with church, some wooden buildings, a guy with a snow swing ...
Eastern Shame
Growing up biculturally has definitely been enriching for me. However, I have also experienced some clashes in learning both Eastern and Western ways. Some from my own exasperations and some from a few people who have projected it onto me, I have carried ...
Chicken Mystery Salad Royale
... Afters as I type ;) The international office is impressive. That's where we have our tea breaks. There are usually half a dozen Russian students there who greet us and keep us company. Gallina, an older woman, is the director of the international office. ...
Marshroutes and trolleys and metros...oh my!
... language can make you feel when you're in a foreign country. This feeling has increased exponentially since moving in with my Russian host family. It's really humbling when you can't speak to a five year old little girl....the best part is when you've ...
I've got a love-ly bunch of coconuts...
... asked me what a good mailing address for me (here in NN) is...so here it is!: Russia 603950 Nizhni Novgorod 323 Gagarin Avenue University of Nizhni Novgorod International Student Office For Shauna Christensen If sending a letter you need to ...
Just another update...
... of miscommunications and misunderstandings, but I guess that's normal. I had a conversation with one of the directors of the program here (a Russian) about my "diet issues" and she ended up calling them for me! I wasn't sure how that would end up going, ...
The Tran - Siberian Railway......3rd Class
Although I have called this entry the Tran siberian Railway, technically Im not going the full length of it as Im cutting off before Vladivostok at Ulan Ude then heading South through Mongolia, across the Gobi desert and down to Bejing. So this is just ...
Pictures...
Ok, so here are finally some pictures! I actually didn't take these....I haven't been able to upload any of my own pics, but these are from my friend Breeanna...So hope you like them! :O) There will be more ...
Novgorod
The overnight train from Moscow pulled into Novgorod at about 6am. We hopped into a taxi to the hotel from the train station. The cab was a typical russian old school taxi with a scary looking man behind the wheel. It was still dark and with the rain ...