This week we did so much! We visited a couple english classes and got to know some of the students. It's helpful for them because they can practice their english with us. The same thing goes for the english club that happens a few times a week. We've made several new friends. One of them even invited us to go bowling this week! Hopefully we will become good friends with her (as well as exchange some english for russian).
Something else we've been doing every week is going to a gym... which looks more like a really big garage with workout equipment in it. We go a couple times a week. The first couple times we joined our friend's Zumba classes. Fun stuff. But, we decided to come up with some of our own (more intense) workouts. We gotta get in shape for rock-climbing some how. And YES! we will be starting rockclimbing soon hopefully. A rockwall is being built at one of the university campuses. And once it's warm enough, we can start climbing outside!
Story time...
I decided to try making some buckwheat pancakes on Saturday. Turns out, buckwheat is not like flour. So to make the batter more fluid, I added cream... and more cream... and more cream. The batter dried up way too fast and looked more like biscuit batter when I plopped a scoop of it on the pan. In conclusion, they ended up looking like this:
It tasted very rich and creamy, I must say.
I want to write a bunch of stories about this week, but I don't have much time. The internet at our apartment has been down since Wednesday. I'm at a friend's house right now.
Next week I'll put up some pictures of the mountains! They're beautiful.
Some things to Remember for us:
- we will soon be spending more time with our new local friends. I'm so excited! Hopefully we will have some good conversations.
- I know I'm not very bold. Boldness is something I need to work on. When given the opportunities to spend time or talk with our new friends, I need to make the most of those opportunities.
That's all for now!
Thanks for remembering us!
Love you all!
