First Few Days

Holy cow!  What a whirlwind of activity it's been these last few days.  After traveling for two days, losing my laptop in Dulles, drinking countless cups of Russian tea, and navigation the trollybus system of Kazan, I feel like I may be finally settling in.

I've come to the conclusion that I don't have enough time or energy to write emails to the family and blog at the same time, so I've decided to instead post edited versions of the emails I send home.  Killing two birds with one stone, it is.  I'll probably add some auxilery information as well, but I can only do so much :)  Believe me, speaking Russian all day is so tiring that at the end of the day I'm about ready to collapse.

Right now, I'm desperatly trying to copy an email, but to no avail.  I'll ask Anatoli later to help me, but for now, I'll just say, poka!  See you later!