Quote(s) of the Day:
"I've never met a Pollock that wasn't ticklish."
"Frogs don't go in chicken!"
"There's nothing worse than an ex-creampuff."
"That's why there's a difference in the price of eggs, these eggs are dumb. They come from retarded chickens!"
"Pleasure swapping muffins with ya!"
"Joe starts with Jose..."
and my personal favorite of the bunch:
"So one of my favorite quotes... I came up with it myself!" - Matthew C.
So as to my daily life in Russia, I returned back to school just in time to take my midterms which weren't as bad as I was expecting, much to my pleasure. My friends and I made time during this "break from breaks" to have a birthday celebration for our friend Matt, however our bowling adventure was a flop cause we showed up with way too many people. Oops! I also found the time to visit the first aquarium in Russia. It was pretty small as far as aquariums go, but it was still a fun afternoon. I also started watching numerous well-known movies in Russian, such as Toy Story, Madagascar and The Emperor's New Groove. Kid's movies are definitely the way to go when trying to learn a language through watching movies. Plus its just funny to see your favorite characters speaking Russian! I also saw the new movie MegaMind in the theater down the street. That was certainly an adventure since I had a bad head-cold and its hard to translate Russian in your head when it's clogged up with phlegm. Oh well, it was a good time nonetheless. We also had a cultural excursion to the Mariinsky Concert Hall to see a classical music concert with compositions by Glinka, Shchredin and Tchaikovsky. It was fun to dress up nice and go to the concert with friends. My favorite part of the evening was Tchaikovsky's piece. But aside from these adventures, much time was spent just getting excited to go to Finland and Estonia. That and battling a relentless chest cold that cost me a few days of voice privileges. But no worries, it returned promptly before our trip! So this should basically cover everything noteworthy that I did during the end of October/beginning of November.
Picture(s) of the Day:
Moscow Pictures:
The State Historical Museum on Red Square.
A lovely sunny morning on Red Square (Красная площадь)!
St. Basil's Cathedral on Красная площадь, however it was a really sunny day. Interesting fact, did you know that St. Basil's is in fact 9 different churches inside? Bet you didn't =]
Tired roommates after a long night on the train!
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Did you know that this is actually a completely rebuilt church because it was completely destroyed during the Communist era and (believe it or not) was turned into a swimming pool! They rebuilt the whole thing in a period of about 6 years as an exact copy of the original.
Some of the most adorable balloons I have ever seen, at the Moscow circus. I should have bought one...
The world's largest bell, the Tsar Bell.
The world's largest cannon, the Tsar Cannon. It has never been fired, unless of course you hold to the legend of the False Dmitri (in previous Moscow post).
The Kremlin!
The Tretyakov Gallery. My favorite art museum to date.
A sunset view of the "Peter Columbus" memorial (as I have lovingly named it).
The world's largest McDonald's! It doesn't look like much til you go inside. Trust me.
Germany Pictures:
My first döner kebab. Thank you Turkey for this culinary delight. These come highly recommended by me!
A good view of the Reichstags.
A Soviet war memorial in Berlin.
Gorgeous Tiergarten that we walked through on our Wednesday adventures.
Seriously, how can you not fall in love with Germany?
Charlottenburg Schloss (Castle).
A Rathaus (city hall) in downtown Berlin.
Me and the Duplo giraffe outside the Sony Center meet again!
Turns out Wednesday was the first night of Festival of Lights. Bonus!
Trip to Trier with my Air Force friends. In front of the Porta Nigra, the best preserved Roman gates north of the Alps.
***So hopefully will get the next post up about Finland and Estonia soon! This concludes my post concerning Moscow, Germany and my not so exciting interim period. Until next time, friends! =]
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