Tomorrow morning we are leaving for st. petersberg. We are all looking forward to it. We will be staying until sunday and will see all the sites. Not much news to report on this week s0 far. Our painting class is over and our history class has started. It has been pretty good so far, and it is very interesting learning Russian history from a Russian's perspective. (No Offense Meredith, if you are reading this!! :) )
We took s three hour basket weaving class yesterday. Weaving birch bark into a basket is very hard. The guy who taught us has a book out in the United States, if anyone is interested. Search for Vladimir Yarish 0n Amazon. He was fun to work with, and hey, we all ended up with a tiny little basket, which isn't half bad for a group of people who have never done it before!
I found a great coffee shop near my apartment here. Its called Coffee Land, and its really quite excellent. They serve coffee, tea, coffee with alcohol, blini with a variety of toppings (from fish to ice cream, but not both at once!), and they even have a vegetarian section of their menu. Its a little more expensive than some other places we've gone, but not by much, and its really excellent. They also have an english menu, for wimps(Not me though! disclaimer: ordering coffee and tea in russian is super easy), We'll definitely be going there often now that we've found it.
I will not have my computer in Petersburg, its not worth lugging it around, so I'll be posting again on monday about the trip. Hopefully I'll have some fun pictures and stories for you all.
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