Hey friends and family!!
The internet is still not fixed, but today I’m at a friend’s house.
This week has been very good. We worked out, made a bunch of Nutella cookies (that didn’t bake very well I’m afraid), built our relationship with our friends, learned some more about the culture, and got better at speaking Russian.
I was going to post a couple short video clips, but they don't seem to be uploading.
The stray dogs here are everywhere! Many of them are dirty and probably not sanitary to pet. But there's so many adorable ones hanging around. Here’s one of the puppies. If I lived here, I might have just taken it home...
The other day, Joanna and I took a long refreshing walk around the park. It was a lovely fog-filled day. Yeah, we couldn’t see 40ft in front of us. It gets unbelievably foggy here some days. Here’s some pictures of the fog...
Have you ever heard of Pelmeni?? It’s my favorite Russian food. Pelmeni are dumplings, each one filled with meat. And they taste very good with a little sour cream to dip them in. And yes, I have a picture of this too:
Story Time: So Joanna and I were on our way back from a nice foggy walk, when we spotted a shwarma place near our apartment. We love shwarma, so naturally we bought some and took it back to the apartment to eat it. For about the first 5 minutes, it tasted fantastic in all it's greasy saltiness. But halfway through eating it, my stomach started to get nervous. I took a couple more bites then decided I couldn't eat any more. Joanna felt the same way. After our interesting lunch experience, we could only lay on the couch and watch a movie... we are NEVER eating at that shwarma place again.
Well that's about all I have for you today.
I'll talk to later!
P.S. Hopefully we'll be rock climbing soon. There's a wall being built at the institute that we help with. We hope to bring our new friends to the rock wall when it's finished. Keep that in mind when you're thinking of us.
I love and miss you all! Stay strong and press forward.
