July 7th Okay, so I have been In Russia for a week now, which went by very quickly. I began teaching on Monday. None of the students have ever met an American, and most of the town hasn’t either, even the English teachers. They are so happy that we have come to the middle of [...]
Alfred 5 (July 5th..ish)
Dear Blog, Today I had an interesting breakfast. We had kasha, a Russian grit-like dish, and fried fish. I had no idea why we were eating fish for breakfast (not to mention it was fish that was not skinned and was cooked with its head so it was looking at me!), so I asked. Their [...]
Alfred 4 (Saturday, July 4th)
We finally arrived to our destination and parted our ways. I miss the others so much already. They were my main contact point for American culture! Now I am in my town. classes start on Monday. I found out yesterday that the age group for my classes are 15-16 year olds, not the 10-12 year [...]
Alfred 3 (Sorry Guys, haven’t been on the internet in a while!)
Hello everyone! This has been such a surreal experience so far! I’ve missed quite a few days because I haven’t had internet access, so this is going to be a long one. I flew out of JFK on the 29th with Devan, another volunteer from Georgetown. It was only a 9-hour flight, but it felt [...]
