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September 2nd 2012

Published: September 2nd 2012

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michellegchin

First Graders

Their very first day of first grade on the first of September!

The entire day before the long early morning was eventful.

I witnessed a celebration of The Day of Knowledge (The first of September when all students start school), saw Van Gogh and other amazing artists paintings up close at the hermitage, walked around St. Petersburg a lot, took a nap (luckily), ate at Stolles (and tried the cabbage and the white fish perogies and borsch of course), and got to hang out with the majority of BRIC students before I decided to be "independent".

I do think that this sums up my time in Russia thus far. I never know what's going to happen so I just have to go with the flow and keep my fingers crossed, my pockets in check, and wait to see where the day takes me. Even if that means sitting at a coffee shop at 3:45am thinking of all of this.

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Michelle Chin

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As I have had the craziest year in 2012-2013, it continued for a bit in 2014. For the first year, as many already know, I did have the opportunity to travel to 16 different countries including: Russia, China, India, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Iceland, Ghana, Togo. I did this through 2 different study abroad programs, one with Babson College, called BRIC (Russica, China, and India) and one with CIEE: Ghana- Business Development and Social Entrepreneurship, as well as a 5-week backpacking trip through Western Europe in the winter. T... full info

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