Gina's MacBook died today. I'm writing about this because it just reinforces my point: when you go to Russia, things will not work out the way you planned. You may be thinking, well, this could have happened in any country. It was simply a bad turn of events that has nothing to do with Russia. You're wrong. However, Gina just so happens to know a young man of a nature geeky enough to fix the problem. Which reinforces my other point: don't worry, because things will work out anyway. Maybe I am the only one who sees the connection between hard drive failure and the Russian Federation, or Matt Parelman and a determined faith in the successful resolution of life's problems, but you're not the one with the blog. So don't worry about it.

The following videos are a bit longer than the last and I regret to say lack flow as well. But, in my opinion, they’re more entertaining and interesting. For the first video, the first girl you’ll see is my tutor, Nastya. She’s from a small town near Moscow, I forget the name, and is getting married in October. She’s 25. All of the students and their tutors were on a little boat tour of the city. It was beautiful and fun. Nastya is very nice and studying to be a speech therapist, so she’s perfect as a tutor. We get along well.

The first video has more scenes from the city. The second shows some friends. I had a bunch of people over to my dorm room for drinks before we went to the jazz club. Everyone you’ll see is studying here in my group, except for two. Eric introduced himself to us after walking past us on the street and hearing us speak English. Benny is the German I mentioned in my previous post. Enjoy.