from the big Soiree

I’m at Soiree right now, as I type this, so I’m going to attempt a quick update. Yesterday we were supposed to go to a Philharmonic concert for which we had received free tickets, but Vickie and I didn’t give ourselves enough time to get over to Nevskiy from our apartments. The concert was at 7:00 and after a long wait for a Marshrutka we finally got to the metro by about 6:40, only to find an insane line of people out the door. We decided it would be impossible to get there in time and it would be better not to even try. Just then I got a call from Bryce, and learned that he and Katie had encountered the same problem one metro stop down at Primorkaya, so we decided to screw the concert and all met up at Choomadan. Vickie and I got there first and had a beer, then Bryce and Katie came and we ate some French fries. We then decided to try out another hookah bar a couple doors down. This one was great. It was cheaper than Stars Only and had a better atmosphere and comfortable chairs. I want to make this a new hang-out spot. After that we all went home, where I did my homework and accidentally stayed up too late again. Today at school we had a meeting regarding this weekend’s trip to Novgorod, which I am very excited about. Expect a big long post about that early next week. I guess that’s everything for now. Maybe I’ll write more from home later, maybe not.


-Austin