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Rain

July 17th, 2012

We've had lots of hot, muggy days recently. Now it's 7:40 p.m. and we are getting rain. It's kind of like the monsoon rain in AZ once the initial thunder and lightning part is over.

Quiet day, Turandot

July 20th, 2012

Quiet day in Kazan.

Saw a musical performance of Turandot tonight (no staging). It was just the parts written by Puccini, without the additions by Alfano. Talk about a cliff hanger.

Careful!

July 21st, 2012

The other day when we went to the Volga, Flyura was driving. As we backed into a parking space, a pedestrian got out of a car nearby.

“Careful!” I said.

“Let him be careful,” snapped Flyura. “There’s a woman at the wheel!”

I died laughing. :))

Students have arrived

July 22nd, 2012

All of our CLI Kazan students have now arrived safe and sound.

First day of class, mental barriers

July 23rd, 2012

First day of class here in Kazan. The students here are pretty great. Twelve of our students have had only 8 weeks of Russian, and even buying a bottle of water at that stage is pretty intimidating. So great to see them go through that process, getting past that huge mental barrier of starting to use a language.