I’ll blame my lack of posting on a few things. First, wrapping up finals season always comes with alternating bouts of productivity and extreme laziness, meaning that when I was working, I was burning the midnight oil, and when I wasn’t working, I really wasn’t. Second, Ryan got into Irkutsk two weeks ago, so between [...]
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Weeks 14-15: Take two
Posted: December 21, 2009 in Иркутск, Out of Town, Student LifeTags: abandoned lake town, Baikal, Buryatia, bus travel, culture shock, finals, friends, infant mercantilism, Irkutsk, Listviyanka, procrastination, Russian America, Snow
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Week 2: Baikal’s big, snow’s small. . . ‘S all good
Posted: September 19, 2009 in Иркутск, Out of TownTags: Baikal, Bolshie Koty, cold, culture shock, GBT, Listviyanka, Snow
Admittedly, I felt the down-points of the “culture shock” wave more than I expected–the frustration of little inconveniences, getting on wrong busses, the language barrier, missing home and Middlebury–, but, I’m still reeling on how great of a week this turned out to be. Baikal adventure no. 1 Last Saturday, the Midd group, along with our [...]
