the week.

So the picture to the right is the view out my kitchen window at night. It is my one love of Moscow. It is just gorgeous and unlike most of Moscow.

the week again wasn't too exciting. Linsey, Ashley and I worked on our homework on the river bank of the Moskva River, on Tuesday. There were lots of people there. It is kinda like a make shift beach and some people definitely thought they were at the beach. yikes. We all got a little red but it was nice to be out in the sun rather than inside. I'm glad we did it because the rest of the week has been rainy and cold.

Friday we were super busy. The group planned a trip to the Trinity Monastery which is about an hour and a half out side of Moscow. It was really pretty but a lot of things were closed for reconstruction. That was kinda disappointing. We also couldn't go into a lot of the churches which made me kinda sad, but it was still cool and nice to kinda get out of Moscow for a bit.

Saturday we went to the Tretyakov Gallery which is kinda like the Louvre of Russia. We had a tour guide so it was cool to hear stories about the paintings that I normally wouldn't have known. We spent about 3 hours there and didn't see everything. It is almost impossible like the Louvre to really see everything well. I might go back so I can wander around by myself and look at things. After that we went to lunch and I had some pelmeni. those things are quite delicious. haha. of course it had dill on it. dill is used all the time here. good thing i have like. i didn't know i would but i do...so everything works out. then we went to mcdonalds for a .30 cent ice cream cone. oh how i love the conversion rate. after ice cream and chatting we made our way to ikea to play games. we don't really have a place big enough for all of us to play games together, so we figured the show rooms at ikea would work splendidly. we didn't even get kicked out, just got weird looks from people. Who plays card games in ikea anyway...Americans apparently. next time we should get a game of sardines or hide and seek going. that could be fun. so yesterday was a pretty long day i was going for about 12 hours. well at of the house for 12 hours. it doesn't seem like we do a lot but with travel time and such things take a while. i will try and get better at writing in this like i was before. haha. but if you crave for more...look at Linsey's blog..A Summer in Moscow. I am always with her and she is much more diligent than me. obviously some things won't apply..but it is nice to get a second account. haha. especially since i am lazy.