The Night of Tchaikovsky

Today Dan woke us up at 6:30 AM and we had to rush to pack, hand in our sheets and be out by 7:00 AM. It was a hellish morning.

We were all gross from not showering and the toilets on the boat were pretty disgusting too. A bus picked us up from the docks and took us back to the dorm, but all this took a while (like everything in Russia!).

Anyway, we were back by 8:30 and I jumped in the shower, felt SO much better and went down for breakfast at 9:00. After breakfast, I came back upstairs, caught up in my journal and at last slept some more. At 2:00, Ally woke me and Katherine up to go to Pizza Hut with her and Tricia.

We would meet the whole group at Gostiny Dvor to go to the symphony. The Kazan Cathedral was absolutely gorgeous and I paid an extra fee and went in to see the "museum of religion" part.

We were supposed to meet the group at 6:00 PM to go see Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1, so we sat on the benches there and hung out and gossipped about Melissa.

Then we met the group and I LOVED IT!!!! Ally was holding a pizza and had to check it in at the coat check. We cut the whole line coming out and felt like real Russians.

After the symphony we all went to a place called "Corsar's Bar," across form McDonald's and hung out for a little while. Dan and Karen came too.

(Melissa's dress and Blakeslee's tattoo comment...)

When we got home, it was just basically homework.