Preparation....South Korea's Got Seoul!Well, we're here.....We are gloopy....Have a great weekend!Hello, Friends!Snow! Snow! Snow!Another Monday....Where is the sneg of yesteryear?!?Merry Christmas!С Новым Годом!Наш Рай!Back to School.....NovgorodAnother week has passed......Very quickly....
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St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia
We had a fun weekend - on Friday night we tried a kind-of famous restaurant in the city, The Idiot, which is apparently popular with expats (I think it's due to the 2-for-1 beers at happy hour, or maybe the complimentary vodka shots on arrival......), and it was really delicious and fun. On Saturday we went to an exhibition at the Marble Palace, which is part of the Russian Museum. It was incredible - one whole floor of the museum was dedicated to sketches of costumes and sets, etc. for plays shown in St Petersburg. It was AMAZING! The detail of the propsed designs for the plays were so detailed, we thought it would have been impossible for the sets to be so intricate......but there were photographs of the actual performances as well, and they looked even more incredible than the designs! We were so excited, we decided that we were definitely going to a play sometime this week - and yesterday, we were able to get some tickets for tonight! So we're going to see Gogol's 'Marriage'......entirely in Russian, of course, so I'm reading an English synopsis right now so that I can try to understand at least part of the story!
Then on Saturday night, we were invited to a party at the other student residence which hosts pupils from Smolny campus, which was pretty exciting. By the time we got there, the vodka was well and truly flowing, and you will all be pleased to know that both Zoe and I were able to drink it without being physically ill just from the smell. Hooray! Maybe we really are becoming Russian......
Apart from the play, we also have big plans for our free day on Wednesday - ice-skating, and then the Hermitage! How exciting! The whole city looks pretty exciting at the moment actually, all the New Year decorations have started to go up, and the whole city is covered with these incredibly tacky coloured lights. Even our school at Smolny has started to get into the New Year spirit, so we're really looking forward to the actual event.
That's all from us right now - hope you're all well and happy!
Love, Meg and Zoe
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