Dolla’ Dolla’ Milk Y’all

So I am not sure if I have just been oblivious (Miriam has braces?) or that it was just a ‘coinkey-dink’ (coincidence- for those not in the KNOW) but the other day I was in a mall and as I saw two people whip out their wallets to pay, I noticed in the window part [...]

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Aliens and Fanny-packs

Thank you Russia for keeping the trend of fanny-packs alive. I thought the trend was almost dead, baring my aunt, and the random tourist who undoubtedly just got dropped off by aliens at Disneyland. But here in Russia, the culture is still alive. And I love it.

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House of Soviets is what?

There is this terrible eye sore of a building here in Kaliningrad. It is called the House of the Soviets. It was built, duh, during the soviet period. It looks like a 3D “H” and can be seen from practically everywhere in town. And guess what, it is empty, completely empty. The Russians, I guess [...]

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Watermelon and Ice cream and a dab of Crime

Russians are strange. So yesterday a man came over to “meet the American” it was weird. Although he did bring me watermelon and ice cream. I know a strange combo, but there is a backstory. My host mother informed me of the American-meeter and that he was going to bring a gift and she [...]

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Some things to think about

A few things to think about….
I went to post office to send some postcards to the US. The woman asked me if I wanted to send my postcards by plane or by train. I answered by train….
So I was walking with my host sister the other day, and a little boy was peeing, openly and [...]

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My Magical Wand

I was in class and a magical wand appeared out of nowhere and landed in my lap. All of the other students stood in awe as the wand told me that it would grant me three wishes. Being near lunchtime, and dreading my salad heaped with mayo, I wished for a bagel and cream cheese, [...]

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My Schweppes is not for sale.

Today I was waiting at the bus stop. It was around 9pm, but it was still hot out. My friend had just bequeathed to me her Schweppes which she didn’t want to finish. The taste wasn’t too unpleasant, and while I was waiting at the bus stop, decided it would be a nice refreshing idea [...]

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The bonfire with potatoes

So the other day we went to this city and we were promised a bonfire. OOOH. I thought. Maybe we can sing songs around the bonfire. Oh wait, Russia. Not so appetizing. Well surely we will have S’mores with Grahams, Mallows, and of course Hershey’s Chocolate. Oh wait. Right. I am in weirdoville where things [...]

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Brotherly Love

Russian men are known to be a lot of things. Lazy is one of them. There even is an old saying that Russian men are lazy and lie on the couch all day waiting for a revolution. So maybe that isn’t all that relevant now, since times aren’t all that revolutionary in Russia. But I [...]

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Land of the Wild Game

So this is a bit of a gruesome post. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK…
The other day we had an excursion on a boat. I know. Not very gruesome. Just wait. It gets really sad and gruesome soon. So the ride was long, and when we finally reached land we all had scurvy and were terribly [...]

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