Archives for: "April 2012"
Return to Russia, return to Kazan
April 8th, 2012I'm excited: I'm gearing up to return to Russia. Another batch of students... another set of amazing experiences... If there is one thing I would recommend to Americans, it would be to travel. Once you have traveled outside of the US, you understand… more »
Glorious news
April 9th, 2012Today I ordered a plane ticket for Barcelona! I'll get to spend three days there before I go to Russia for the summer. more »
Català
April 13th, 2012Barcelona is in a part of Spain called Catalonia. The major ethnic group of the area speaks a language the natives call Català (or in Spanish Catalán). I just hate the idea of going somewhere where I don't know the language at all so today I ordered… more »
Invitation irritation
April 19th, 2012Damn. The procedure for my getting to Russia this year has become more complicated. Last year I put together all my paperwork and sent it off to Travel Document Systems. This year I have to do it in two batches.
What's changed is that this year… more »
Where is Tatarstan?
April 30th, 2012Nowadays Russia is properly called “The Russian Federation” ?Российская Федерация?, which is made up of 83 “federal subjects” ?субъекты Российской Федерации?. One of those federal subjects is called… more »
