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Sorry for the delay

Hello all This weekend was extremely busy and I'm just slowing down from it. I should have some time to catch you all up on the exciting things tomorrow. Talk to you then!! TD

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tdurante42489 on May 16, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Wednesday Hello all. I've still been recovering from the weekend. My calves are working overtime. On Wednesday I just went to class in the morning and then went to a stand in the university selling бутерброды (open face Sandwiches) I got a cheese one, and a salami one, put them together and...

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tdurante42489 on May 12, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Classes Start

Classes start Today was the first day of class. I signed up for RUS 2220 (intermediate level Russian language) Russian phonetics, and Modern Russian Life. The language class is from 9:30-12 with two breaks, phonetics is covered in that class, and Modern Russian Life meets only on mondays, so I...

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tdurante42489 on May 10, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Victory Day

День Победы! Today is the day! Victory Day! Today is the 66th anniversary of the allied victory of WWII. I didn't wake up in time to see the parade, but if you google "Victory Day Parade" I'm sure that you'll be able to see some amazing videos. Last year was the first year that the Russians...

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tdurante42489 on May 10, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Classes Start

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tdurante42489 on May 10, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Day 4- Bus tour/ Flea market

Today we went on a bus tour of Moscow. (My feet are happy!) We went to a nice overlook of Moscow, then we went to see the Novyi Devouchki Convent where there were many churches inside the brick walls, it was used as a fortress in times of war (when that happened they moved the nuns somewhere...

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tdurante42489 on May 8, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Day 3

Today was a very very long day. We left for a walking tour of Moscow at 12 and I didn't get back to the dorm until 11:30. My feet hurt, but it was worth it! We saw a lot of interesting things! First we walked down to the University metro stop and went five stops to the cathedral of Christ the...

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tdurante42489 on May 8, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Москва!!

Привет всё! (Hello everyone) I'm finally able to get online and update this. There's so much to tell! My flights went very well. The flight from Tampa to New York was quick and easy, then I had a four hour layover in JFK. The flight to Moscow was my first international flight. I flew over on...

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tdurante42489 on May 6, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Day two

Well I got up today at about 11 and then everyone went to take our placement test for Russian, and we got our MSU student id's which are this paper booklets, really old fashioned feeling, I like it. After our test the grad students walked us around in a few circles around campus for no apparent...

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tdurante42489 on May 6, 2011 from Moscow, Russia

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Asia, sideways and inwards

Hello everyone, hope you're all doing well Since we last messaged you, we've spent 56 hours on trains (over 3 journeys), and also 14 hours on buses, and loads extra on lovely regional transport. But, we now find ourselves here, in Irkutsk, besides the worlds largest freshwater lake, at a...

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harripix on November 17, 2010 from Irkutsk, Russia

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