My friends and I in front of Saint Basils - officially 2010!
Not a bad sight for the beginning of a new year, is it?
Sorry it's a bit blurry, but one more of St. Basil's, a bit of the Kremlin, and the concert stage.
I'm very ready for the new year, and I'm excited to see what is has in store for me. My only resolution this year is to find at least one way to be happy every day. I've found many things to be happy about today! Number one is the fact Moscow feels like home now, and that's truly a wonderful feeling. I know exactly where to buy good fruit and veggies, which store has good bread, good prices, plain yogurt, etc. Taking the metro is second nature now, and I even know which part of the train to get on depending on where I'm going most of the time. I don't mind the time I have to spend in the metro now either, as long as I have my iPod touch to play with or something to read, the time actually passes pretty quickly. All in all, I feel settled, and that's the best feeling in the world.
Tomorrow I'm going to Izmailovsky Market with some friends - it's rumored to be the best place to get souvenirs and traditional Russian stuff in Moscow. I'll get in some good Russian practice, which always makes me happy. I savor any opportunity I have to speak in Russian - teaching English doesn't really lend itself to much Russian speaking!
3 comments:
WOW you had first experience for New Year in Moscow. That's great!
I love the picture of Saint Basils
Happy new year.
Pretty nice photos, we used to have a photography club in Moscow, of Americans, a couple of Brits and a few Russians, we maybe restarting soon. We meet in Pushkin Square and other places and take walks around Moscow, sometimes we take day trips to a few of the Golden Ring cities and other places in and around Moscow, parks, museums and what not. We're called the Romanov Moscow Society of Photography. We try to meet once a month, but most of the members either left Moscow or like me have to work almost seven days a week now, but things are easing up some so me and another member are talking about restarting the club. So you are welcome to come sometime if you wish to. We like exploring the unknown Moscow that few foreigners know about and take photos. I'll put info about the next meeting on my blog. The last meeting we had was on Scott Kelby's World Photo Day walk. I led the Moscow walk and one of our Russian members placed in the top ten photos of the world photo walk day.
Hi Ashira! Happy New Year!!
Lovely pictures; great colours!!
Meanwhile Blogtrotter has reached 500 posts on all blogs with some views of «La Petite France, Strasbourg», truly missing your comments! Enjoy and have a first great week in 2010!!!
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