SURPRISE #1. Since I was unopposed, I have won my election and am excited to have been named president of Sputnik for the 2010-2011 year. Hooray! Thanks for your support (?). Note: No bribes were involved in this. I swear. SURPRISE #2. Since Irkutskites, so they say, are heirs of the revolutionary spirit of their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘host fam’
Elections Updates: SURPRISE(s)!
Posted: March 16, 2010 in ИркутскTags: decemb, elections, host fam, Irkutsk, politics, president, Russia and Eastern European Society, Sputnik, surprise
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Weeks 21-23: Getting back in dodge
Posted: February 19, 2010 in ИркутскTags: Dom kudozhnikov, Dom ofiterov, falling, friends, host fam, Irkutsk, job search, Muzey goroda, ski lessons
At the gate to my flight from Berlin to Moscow, again surrounded by the fur-donning crowd of Russland, I’ll admit, there was slight dread of going back. That was the closest to home I’d be for another five months. Landing in Moscow and re-arriving in Irkutsk four days after that, though, were happy enough meetings [...]
Week 8: Mongolia, Home-stay 3
Posted: November 8, 2009 in Mongolia (Fall)Tags: camels, cold, horses, host fam, kids, Mongolian language, Monty Python, panic, party bus, Paul & Mary, Peter, public transportation
Day 6-7 (Wed.-Thurs., Oct. 29-30): Getting out of dodge Family life. Our third family consisted of the mom and dad, an older son or two who weren’t around most of the time, assumably tending the livestock, a five-year-old son, a nineteen-year-old son, and an older daughter. The mom was really nice and friendly, and insisted [...]
Week 8: Mongolia, Home-stay 2
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Mongolia (Fall)Tags: Bulgan Province, carpool, dairy products, ger, horses, host fam, long horse rides, Mongolian language, трудность, Queen Manduhai, Swan Lake
Day 5-6 (Wed.-Thurs., Oct. 28-29): Wandering and wondering Last place. On our horse-ride from ger one to two, my horse turned out to be the stubborn one. I’m blaming it on the fact that the father (who was leading Romany’s horse next to his the whole way) and son both had leather whips and the [...]
Train game, and talk over ‘tee’
Posted: October 14, 2009 in ИркутскTags: Bolshevik confiscations, host fam, Revolution, t-ball, tea, train
Tatyana Eduardovna, perhaps my only hope for survival in this country, sadly, has left on the train for a few weeks to help their daughter care for her new son/their grandson. Like I told my parents, she promised that she’d be back in 2-3 weeks, “soon enough,” and that I’d be fine under the care [...]
Week 1: “Irkutsk is a lot like Detroit”
Posted: September 11, 2009 in ИркутскTags: Baikal, host fam, igu, Irkutsk, orientation
Moscow seems completely manageable compared to a week in Irkutsk. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great little spot on the map, which, needless to say, I never would have found or wanted to visit if it weren’t for this program. Not that there’s any American comparison, but still–think: a nice downtown with the character [...]
