It’s pretty clear that after ten months, we’ve only explored a tiny fraction of Chelyabinsk. This place, for example, has been on my radar for months and months. I didn’t know what it was or where exactly it was, only … Read More
The entire city is a canvas. 😍 PS: Want more street art? Check out this cool Chelyabinsk street art project!
If you keep your eyes open, you’ll see surprises in this factory city. Maybe you’ve already heard about this project, which became internet-famous for its Elon Musk artwork. At first I assumed the city administration was responsible. Nope! It’s all … Read More
Some photos from this past month: Not much time for studying this month (surprise, surprise) but I did come across several interesting links… Что нового Useful Russian vocab for talking about LOTR, GoT, and Harry Potter. Learning Russian à la … Read More
Five days left until summer starts in Russia (June 1st)! Here’s a look back at the more glorious half of spring… ☼☼☼ No more gray days ☼☼☼ Sudden showers ☼☼☼ Last bell ☼☼☼ Victory Day ☼☼☼ Adventure time for Кит … Read More
Ah, prepositions, those tiny words that I happily ignored for so many years. It is за тебя or для тебя? Who cares! Well, it turns out they’re kind of a big deal after all. :/ Ignorance was bliss. As the … Read More
If there were ever a glamorous time to be in Chelyabinsk, we can definitely rule out early spring. (Russia’s first day of spring is always March 1st.) Later spring is pretty incredible though… I’ll share Part 2 to this post … Read More
It’s been a strange month. My husband’s mom was rushed into emergency surgery and my husband left Russia to help her recover. (She’s doing well now!) At the same time, I slipped on the ice and ended up with a … Read More
Russian pronouns are tough. Take The Three Musketeers, for example. A simple phrase in English requires some serious declension in Russia, including two forms of the same pronoun. English: One for all and all for one. Russian: Один за всех … Read More