We arrived in Moscow to the smell of cigarettes and Soviet smiles. Immigration was much less intimidating than China which was so nice. We pass through and our coordinator met us and welcomed us warmly. To be honest, I had the impression that a rather larger and meaner looking woman would meet us. Oh Hollywood.
She has been so kind to us so far, and so surprised to have two fluent Russian speakers in our group. I have a feeling she won't have to worry too much about showing us where the tualyet (bathroom) is. She just made me feel so at ease about the coming days. I look forward to working with her.
The feeling of living abroad hit me as we arrived in Munich. The air was much cooler than scorching Arizona. However, out of breath and sweaty we arrived at the gate since our Chicago flight was delayed... We barely made it to Munich. I feel I am ready for a marathon after that run.
Munich was so beautiful, even from the window, I just wanted to end our travels there and stay a while. It hit me though, while we were boarding our flight to Moscow that this was really happening. My first time in Russia wasn't a distant dream anymore.
So now we are here, on our way to Voronezh. My group of 7 teachers are all so great and excited to be here.
I think I just might stay a while.
