Just a quick note:
Our first night here was very relaxing; we slept and unpacked, and in the evening Lera, Olga, Desi and I split a bottle of red and some appetizers (some awesome cheeses and then, of course, black bread with cucumber) while watching Monsters, Inc. Kinda funny how much gets lost in translation--we watched the movie in English, and Lera and Olga kept occasionally asking questions like "What does 'Nuts!' mean? How about 'Give me a break?'" So many itty bitty phrases that never make it into a textbook... Anyway, in my opnion it was an absolutely perfect night (then again, I'm pretty easily contented).
Yesterday we went shopping with Lera and Olga (helper Olga from camp). Our quest was to find a pair of sweet Russian jeans; the norm here have gliter, jewels, huge embroidered designs, words all up and down the legs, etc. and we wanted a pair. We walkekd through all 3 floors of Passage (the underground mall outside of Red Square) and then we hit up another mall that was, no joke, 8 floors (counting floor 0, which was mainly a grocery store). We were beat by the time we finished, and Desiree walked away with a pair of purple pants instead of jeans. I got nothing--the only pairs I really liked were both upward of $80, and I just can't stomach the thought of paying that much, even for Moscow jeans (I know, I know, Moscow's uber expensive--and that's half of it; the Italian boutiques, Motivi and Oggi, that I would stop in all the time on Nevsky in Petersburg were just not as nice in Moscow).
That night we met up with Marina and went to an English-language movie theater (English!!!) at the Renaissance Hotel near metro Prospekt Mira. It was so cool just getting there--everyone in line was speaking English, the ticket guy harassed this one man about his Yankees hat, it was almost like home!
Okay, getting called to breakfast, said this would be fast!
Before I leave--we saw Most Wanted or whatever with Angelina Jolie, it had some cool scenes but overall it was a pretty weak movie.
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Oh man. Charlie and I saw Wanted, and we both really liked it. Well, he LOVED it, I just really liked it. Maybe it's better in English or something.
I'm sorry you didn't get any jeans. Don't Russians go nuts over American jeans or something? I think I remember that when I took Russian, my teacher told me that people would like, offer to buy my jeans from me if I went to Russia. But maybe I'm just making that up.
I'm glad you had such a wonderful night. :o) Come home sooooooooooon!
Sorry you couldn't find jeans, maybe you'll get lucky and find them in Petersburg. However if you found really super awesome jeans after searching all day, maybe you should splurge, don't regret not buying them.
Sounds like your night was fun and relaxing. Did you get all your laundry done? Are your clothes softer?
Love and miss you, Mom
I saw Wanted just last night and really liked it! It reminded me of Fight CLub. You know, internal dialogue, increasing levels of crazy activity then slowing almost suddenly back to normality. Plus the lead was kind of reminded me of Edward Norton.
Anywho, I agree with your mom. Go splurge on some jeans. Call it pampering yourself. You deserve it and you'll hate yourself for not doing it when you had the chance.
Lots of Love,
~*Ery*~
P.S. What do you think of a mother-daughter night out when me and you are back in town? I was thinking: you, me, Nancy and Jen M. & mothers for adinner and cocktails or something similar.
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