I decided to write another quick blog since I won't really be able to update you guys until i get back form St. Petersburg on Monday. Yesterday we had a really busy day! My favorite teacher, the one we have three days a week, was sick so we had a sub :(. We had class until 12:20 (we got out 40 min early) and headed over to the Kremlin for a tour of the armory! On our way over there we passed through a movie set... we'll thats what we think it was... there were trailors everywhere men dressed up in old soviet uniforms, everything was blocked off.. it was really cool! Unfortunately they weren't interested in having any American extras.. oh well we tried! The Armory was amazing! It's also the national treasury or something... we have so much information thrown at us all the time its hard to remember what everyone tells me. We got to see the Impress's coronation gowns, 17 royal carriages, battle armor, the earliest throne's used to the throne used by Nicholas II. They also had all of the crown's used and they were amazing. We saw the biggest in the diamond exhibit, but these were just as impressive. Most of them had fur wrapped around the bottom which i thought was kind of funny because its so stereotypical. After we finished up our tour of the armory we headed back to get ready for... SWAN LAKE! We went to the Russian ballet and saw their performance of Swan Lake... it was phenomenal! I wish you all could have seen it, it was seriously one of the coolest things i've seen! Unfortunately, i wore five inch heels to the ballet, and we walked, so i now have a ton of blisters :(. But all of the Russian girls wear heels so I figured I would too!
Today we still had a sub, but it was a different one. I'm pretty sure today was my favorite class so far. I speak more Russian than my sub spoke English... aka she didn't understand anything! My normal teachers and my other sub all speak English, they just choose not to, but if we have a question they can answer it. She couldn't answer our questions because she didn't know what we were saying. So my class consisted of charades, pictionary, and some help from the dictionary. It was so much fun! My teacher would act our these crazy scenarios and immediately we would understand. She corrected our pronunciation... all of us need a lot of help... but it was hysterical. She would make these crazy sounds and make us repeat her, but it really helped. I'm about to start packing for Petersburg! I'm so excited, everyone says its beautiful! We leave tonight at 9 on an overnight train for an 8 hour train ride, and we come back Sunday night! I'll take lots of pictures and blog as soon as I get back!! Miss and love you guys!
Today we still had a sub, but it was a different one. I'm pretty sure today was my favorite class so far. I speak more Russian than my sub spoke English... aka she didn't understand anything! My normal teachers and my other sub all speak English, they just choose not to, but if we have a question they can answer it. She couldn't answer our questions because she didn't know what we were saying. So my class consisted of charades, pictionary, and some help from the dictionary. It was so much fun! My teacher would act our these crazy scenarios and immediately we would understand. She corrected our pronunciation... all of us need a lot of help... but it was hysterical. She would make these crazy sounds and make us repeat her, but it really helped. I'm about to start packing for Petersburg! I'm so excited, everyone says its beautiful! We leave tonight at 9 on an overnight train for an 8 hour train ride, and we come back Sunday night! I'll take lots of pictures and blog as soon as I get back!! Miss and love you guys!
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