Anyway, I have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, generally going out and drinking ,whether it's a couple of cheeky beers which got out of hand after the addition of jager or a birthday bash which meant staying out till 7am and then on an excursion.
So, last week-ish we all decided to go out on a thursday night to have some beers in a 'German' pub, we bought 3 containers of 7 beers and then events such as this occurred:
(to confirm I am not actually being punched)
And somehow I ended up missing the next day of uni. Luckily, my host took in the money for the excursion on the Sunday for me and treated me like an invalid the whole day... which I repaid by going to Sigmund Freud!!! Crazy times ensued, including very daring things such as balancing a road sign against a car and considering climbing other road signs. We also had an almost-fight on the street corner and then eventually went off to bed.
The next day we had to meet with the rep from St-Petersburg, Grace, so we had to get to uni by 9.45 = 5 hours sleep. Turns out it was just our teachers deciding to cause us pain and that she was staying in Petrozavodsk until 10 that evening so we hung around in town for a while. Later, quite a few of us went out for some drinks for Gonca's birthday and then headed to a club. Because the people who stay in the общежитие can either go back before 1 or after 6, we decided we were going to stay out till 6... We consumed a considerable amount of vodka and much bonding occurred. Because I had to go on the excursion the next day, I left at 7, walked home, ate some каша and went back to uni to catch the bus (still slightly drunk) to Ruskeala which is a gorgeous marble quarry, half filled with water. It was super rainy though, which was a shame but still a lovely day despite only having 2 hours sleep on the bus.
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| Ruskeala |
Later this week, we also had a night of british comedy, which ended up being 10 people coming to my house, watching 2 episodes of peep show and eating the amazing spread my host gave us- biscuits, jam, tea, coffee, chocolate, sweets. It was a really good night, and my host said that everyone was welcome another time- which is amazing!! On friday we had an amazing 'international food night'- with spanish omelette, italian pasta, austrian salad, pancakes and smetana, trifle, turkish stuffed peppers, and- wait for it- beans on toast. We also drank from a keg in the street just outside of the общежитие and risked Gonca and Saskia getting kicked out... Luckily it didn't happen! We headed on to Sigmund Freud, as usual, and when that closed, we went to a place called begemot (I think) and we were the only people in the place dancing but we honestly didn't care. We left around 6.30 when Armin had to head home, and we were wanting to go to McDonalds, but it was closed inside, and then some guy followed me after deciding he liked the look of me and tried to convince me to have one of his milkshakes. Needless to say, I didn't like the look of him and I did not have his milkshake. We finally ended up home after catching a bus which was super lucky so early in the morning!
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| Goodbye photo for Armin! (6.30 am) |
Today we also had a massive achievement- after buying a potato masher in the week, Eva and I managed to make falafel and houmous (it did take about 4 hours but it was SO worth it!) we're looking forward to improving our recipe and turning it into a nationwide business in Russia!!
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| Amazing falafel!!! |
So, as the Russians say, увидемся (=we will see each other)
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