Greetings everyone! Well, it's official. We are in Moscow and situated well in the Godzillas Hostel. It took us forever to get here since we only had an hour between flights in Frankfurt and our flight was 40 minutes late. We ended up being rebooked on another flight even though they told us to run to the next plane. Well, at least we all got our exercise! Then the planes were backed up over Moscow which meant we had to circle for about a 1/2 hour. We finally got into Domodedovo airport, waited through the long passport control lines (all those planes apparently landed at once), and got all of our luggage.
We arrived at the hostel and I forced everyone on a miserable walk through frigid Moscow to do some experiential learning about Russian winters. Now they know first hand what took Napoleon and Hitler considerably more time to learn: Don't mess with Russia in Winter. This proves that Oles are smarter than despotic dictators. We bought groceries, changed money and began getting an understanding of the downtown Moscow area where we are located.
This morning we have our first short class and we're off to see Romeo and Juliet at the Pushkin Theater.
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Oh Marc, that walk was brutal! It was a rude awakening to Moscow winter for sure, though I don't think it's been that cold since.
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