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
Before trying the deadly champagne, we visited the apartment of a Russian family, friends of our Russian professors at uni. Sonya is a doctor, and she has three sons, all of whom are really lovely. We had some great conversations with the eldest son, Sergei, who is studying sociology at uni, so it was interesting to hear his perspective on some of the social issues in Russia today. And we had delicious mushroom soup, and a phenomenal amount of sweet and savoury pies! So it was really lovely - it was so interesting just to see inside a Russian apartment, and we tried out a little of our Russian (although we quickly switched to English, we must admit!).
We also visited the Russian Museum yesterday, which was incredible. It's so massive, we didn't get through all of it, so we might go back later in the week. But there was a really interesting exhibition on the potrayal of women in Soviet art and propoganda, which was fantastic to see. They had old propaganda films and posters, as well as heaps of sculptures and paintings. It was really interesting - Zoe really liked the section on Russian icons as well, and we both enjoyed all the exhibits of traditional folk art. Everything was so detailed, it was amazing! So we're really looking forward to going back again.....
We had our first, proper all-nighter on Saturday night - it was really, really fun. We went to a bar called 'Cynic', a grungy student pub in the centre of town, and we met a bunch of students who sat down next to us because it was so crowded. They were all so nice, and really interested in why we were learning Russian, and a couple of them spoke English but not everyone, so we were all just kind of speaking a mixture of both! How exciting......I definitely think our Russian improves greatly after a couple of beers (or maybe it just alters my perception of my own mistakes......) So we ended up coming home at 6am, just in time to get into our hostel. What fun!
Well, I think that's it from us for now - enjoy the festive season, and we'll write again soon!
Love, Meg and Zoe
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culture and fun
Written by linda nilovna 13 months ago
Lashings of culture topped off by equal dollops of fun is how I would characterize your lives in St P. On the one hand there is the Russian Museum, one of my favourite galleries, while on the other a bar called Cynic. I am so glad (and relieved) that you are getting to see and do so much. You will probably only appreciate how much you have learned when you arrive back in Australia. С новым годом, дорогие студентки! Линда Ниловна