Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

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 with ...

... . When problems and inconveniences arise, I am becoming less of a martyr about it. As in the title of my travelogue, I have found beauty in Russia and Eastern tradition. There's a method to its madness that need not be explained in the realm of reason.

... professors, authorities in their fields. And our teacher, the director of the program, Harley Wagler, is a treat. He has lived in Russia for over 17 years and has many interesting things to say. It's crazy, only seven weeks of classes left, and then the ...

... Novgorod (Gorky). Km 461 of the Trans-Siberian-Railway. A big vibrant industrial center of Volga region. More information: http://wikitravel.org/en/Nizhniy_Novgorod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhniy_Novgorod http://www.waytorussia.net/TalkLounge/