Blogs from Tver, Centre, Russia, Europe - page 9

The water in the flat was cleaner this morning and by 10 I had taken a shower and had half a cup of coffee. Just needing to go downstairs to get to class I was only five minutes late for my first lesson. It was Russian Literature with Zhanna, who is about 30 with long dark red hair. Our classroom is quite small, with a circular wooden table in the middle for seven students and a teachers' desk at the front. The wallpaper is light pink, the view from the window overlooks ulitsa Zhelyabova. For the first half of the 90 minute 'para' the class introduced ourselves, so I finally got to know the names of the girls from Finland. The very attractive blonde haired girl is Tuuli, her friend Haidie sits next to her, Emi ... read more

My flight to Moscow was at 9.15 in the morning. Once I said goodbye to my parents I walked to the departure lounge, but took too long talking to some of my Yartek friends on the way and by the time I got there at 8.55 I was seriously panicking about missing the 'plane. I just made it but from there the panic increased. I'm usually quite relaxed when I fly but this time I was in pieces. I had never sat on my own before, the 'plane was less than half full and I knew no-one. During the whole three and a half hours I had the feeling in my chest as if we were taking off. At Domodedovo I went through passport control and baggage reclaim on my own, still almost shaking, then wheeled ... read more