Tomsk Hotel Tomsk

... il y a une universite tres agreable (ce qui vaut a Tomsk le surnom d'Oxford de Siberie... Mais bon, faut pas pousser quand meme !). Tomsk se demarque par ses maisons en bois aux bordures ciselees, tres jolies. On se ballade dans la ville, il y a meme une petite tour en bois en haut d'une colline qui permet d'avoir une vue sur la ville. Gros bemol : les horribles batiments sovietiques en beton, carres, sur la place principale de la ville... We are now ...

... it. Peter was also apparently trying to dispel superstitions people had about so-called "monsters" like these. He also sent explorers to the ends of the earth and assembled a pretty impressive anthropological collection of clothes and tools and things from China, India, North America, all over the world. All of the exhibits were titled in Russian, so we just did a lot of looking; I can't be very specific about what we saw. And we weren't the only ones ...

... The specialist peeled my fake visa out of my passport, and called it a "sticker". Our work relationship was finished. So ...

... thoughts in my "Book of Philosophy", I read: "It feels like humanity has abandoned me." (J.Breen philosophy) On January 5th, I was exhausted from speaking and stressed out. I observed a Day of Silence in the city. I managed, pointing, with my hands, to buy fruit and a chocolate "sirok" in the corner store. I wanted to express that the "sirki", at eight ruble's apiece, were expensive. I pointed at them then made a "big" expression with my arms ...

... pre-Russia level. I had over ten thousand ruble's ($400)! I was going to be ready to leave Tomsk after the New Year holidays. In the subsequent mornings, Pavel practiced yoga, then cooked us sweet oatmeal with raisins. He was ever asking if there wasn't anything I needed, anything he could do for me. He frequently suggested fun activities we could do together. Even so, I celebrated New Year's Eve with other friends, whom I'd known longer. On this ...

... that called for us to constantly change partners. With each partner, we began in an embrace. I and the female stomped on the floor with the toes of our front feet, then sassily slapped those feet off the floor, and marched forward a few steps. We briskly turned around, stomped our other toes, slapped our feet ahead, and marched. We did this a third time. Then, we separated, except we held right hands. We hopped: towards one another, away from one ...

Hello, I arrive Monday in Russia.... Waaaaoooooo!!!!!!! If people told before that Russia was like that, i would have come much earlier :) I am hosted by Karisha. but also Lucy, and Rasha,and lots of others people. and I met her friends about 50 of them, I saw St Petersburg, i an amazing way, from the roof of the 28 floors building where they like to make party there. with the full moon it was amazing...i will ...

... nationalism and kicked the economy into gear. Basically, the country has its mojo back. And feeling like the red-headed step child of the USA in the 1990's, they are ready to flex some muscle. No one had good things to say about the communist era, granted my sample size is small and composed entirely of young people. Regardless, as an American, its fascinating to experience Russia post-communism and see how similar and yet how different the country is from America.

... experience, as everything had been. For drinks, the boys and I opted for beer and ordered 4 litres between the four of us. What came was one of the most beautiful sights, two 2 litre funnels of beer with their own pouring taps, woohoo. Dinner was a hit and miss, some people ordered and got a tiny skewer of meat and some got full meals, it was fun to see who got what. My motto for Russia was 'When in Russia', so I ordered the salad bar (AUD15) and it had the hugest array of weird ...

... confusing to me at some point. I tried to get a SIM card but they wouldn't give me one without seeing my registration which of course I didn't have yet. It was all difficult and frustrating. At some point I was really scared wandering around the streets but that made me even more frustrated and annoyed. There is no reason you should be scared roaming around a busy street. So I sucked it up and finally decided to track down the travel agency that the book said could register ...