This month we went to visit my husband’s family in Hawaii with a suitcase full of Russian snacks.

In previous visits, I set goals like learn 5 new Russian words from listening to people talking. This time I didn’t have any goals and I don’t think I learned anything new, although I did get a good amount of speaking practice with his mom. And as usual, the food she prepared was great! Meals were usually a tasty mix of Russian food and local fruit, like борщ + морковный салат + жареная рыба followed with fresh lychee or mango. Here’s a breakfast of блины with avocado that had been picked the previous day and mango jam-

In other news, I finished both Russian Tutor and Schaum’s Russian Vocab. I also watched «Обитель зла».

On to the round up!

Что нового (What’s new)

• • Check out this cute skit called Чай, кофе, сок?

• • Here’s a fun Ekaterinburg Travel Guide.

• • Ever thought of riding The Cable Car in Khulo, Georgia?

• • Beautiful photos from Кенозерский национальный парк.

• • Watch trailers for new Hollywood movies… in Russian. Or even better: watch new trailers for Russian films here.

• • Русский языкот «гой еси» до «лол кек»: Старославянский и сленг, оканье и мат, ѣ и ё, Мефодий и Розенталь — всё, что нужно знать о русском языке и его истории, в видео и подкастах.

• • I just discovered you can read/listen to English-language updates from the Russian Embassy in the US: Russian Embassy Weekly.

• • And finally, this woman is pretty awesome! She’s singing частушки, which is I how I found the video. (I was trying to figure out what a частушка is… turns out it’s a limerick or naughty rhyme.)

What have you been doing lately to improve your Russian? What are your study plans for July?

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