ok - so this might be my penultimate or even last post - two weeks remain.
although there are no real signs of spring, the big melt has started. snow is shoveled off roofs, pathways being cleared, and the river makes huge noises at night as the ice cracks..
although my russian is still practically zero, i kind of blend in and regularly do things alone that would have seemed difficult at the beginning (shopping, bus rides, going to a badminton club where i dont know anyone..)
how do i feel? how do i feel about leaving?mmm. there are pro's and con's here as there are at home, or anywhere for that matter, and i regularly switch between feeling homesick and feeling i could live here. i guess it depends on your priorities.
i have met some lovely people here and they have treated me wonderfully and i seem to meet more as time passes, but in the rest of the people, there seems to be a sadness, even anger and this can get me down. theres something similar at home but its not as manifest as it is here.
if anything, my time here has shown me that i can quite easily live somewhere else. even somewhere i would have never dreamed of living..
ok so some more random pics and videos (if they work)
will see you lot soon..
stumbled across a military parade on way to work in main square, all under the watchful eye of mr lenin
although there are no real signs of spring, the big melt has started. snow is shoveled off roofs, pathways being cleared, and the river makes huge noises at night as the ice cracks..
although my russian is still practically zero, i kind of blend in and regularly do things alone that would have seemed difficult at the beginning (shopping, bus rides, going to a badminton club where i dont know anyone..)
how do i feel? how do i feel about leaving?mmm. there are pro's and con's here as there are at home, or anywhere for that matter, and i regularly switch between feeling homesick and feeling i could live here. i guess it depends on your priorities.
i have met some lovely people here and they have treated me wonderfully and i seem to meet more as time passes, but in the rest of the people, there seems to be a sadness, even anger and this can get me down. theres something similar at home but its not as manifest as it is here.
if anything, my time here has shown me that i can quite easily live somewhere else. even somewhere i would have never dreamed of living..
ok so some more random pics and videos (if they work)
will see you lot soon..
went for jog. following photos taken around village on railway line
a night out in nalyvyka
probably moments before a brawl..
ok this may not be my last post - but in case, see you soon for a beer and a curry
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