Pushy Russians

TGIF!!!

We got to sleep until 11:00 AM because class didn't start until 11:45. (Missed breakfast, of course!). We only had an hour and a half of Russian today. After class was lunch and then off to the Russian Museum. Only Katherine, Kelly and I went. Everyone else cut. When we met Masha there, Page was there and David showed up later. Oh-- and some weird British girl who lives in Berlin.

The museum was REALLY hot and my back hurt, but it was a good lecture. Afterwards Katerine and I had the rush-hour metro ride from HELL! We were pushed and shoved and jammed up against so many people that my cheek was pressed against someone's back and I was desperately trying to keep my bag closed.

We saw Kelly at "Lesnaya" so all three of us caught a ride home. Our driver's name was Alexei and he "loved Americans." He was majorly hitting on us and asked for our number and gave us the name of a good club to go to. Anyway, we got home just in time for dinner and then to pack for our trip to Valaam-- beautiful islands with churches and a monastery, somewhere between Russia and Finland.

We packed really fast and then headed for the bus. When we finally got the docks, we stood around for a while waiting for the boat. There was a bride and groom on our boat on their honeymoon. It was horrible getting on the boat. Everyone was pushing and it smelled. I felt like a Russian immigrant on her way to America.

Once we got settled, it was nice though. Our cabin was me, Katherine, Ally and Blakeslee.

The water was perfect and the sky and the sunset were even more spectacular. We basically spent the night hanging out in the bar. Later, at around 1:45 AM, Nathan, David and I went to the nightclub on deck. Finally, I went to be at around 2:30.