sevenmonthsandcounting

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to all 60 students and volunteers who are still continuing the year long exchange program here in Russia. I know that it is too soon to count the days and nights to come but the sooner it gets the more exhilirating it gets. after coming back from a trip to the north to have our passports to be stamped by the immigration officers we are lucky enough to have a free trip in Finland! composed of fifteen students, we rode an eight hout train ride to the north! the train was fairly nice but the ride was not. It was a twisted fate while I churn, grind my nightmares to sleep but the hell no! my efforts were nothing to the uncomfortness that the seat offers. we arrive in St. Petersburg Russia to have a stop over and have a look of what the second biggest city in Russia has to offer. The NORTHERN VENICE the Russians call it as it shows the stillness of Italian Architecture and as the water flows through it canals it is simply magnificent and astounding as Venice. St. Petersburg has swept our emotions to forget the sorrows we have.