Today I went to my first Russian hospital.
Ok sorry I had to give you a little heart attack. I did go to a hospital, but not becuase of what you think.
Today we went and toured the school, then we had to go into the main part of St. Petersburg. To do that, we walked a few block and then rode a (dun dun dun) SUBWAY! I was a little overly excited but it was pretty fun. Hey, I am a small town girl. The subway looks awesome! Looks like I'll be doing it a lot too.
So we got to the Metro and we got to see a lot of beautiful things while we walked to the place where we were to become 'official russians' aka we got a student card and enrolled in language classes. The student card will get us into the majority of places for free, like the Hermitage, which we are going to see tomorrow or next weekend. We chilled at the language place as we waited for pizza, so we decided to walk around till it was done.
We ended up randomly going into a catholic temple which was pretty cool. I felt bad because I wanted to blow out some of the candles just for fun, but I didnt. Be proud, because that was incredibly tempting.
Finally we ate pizza, which was kind of sad. Very sad pizza. One of them had corn on it? I do not understand. It was better than Brazil pizza, which isn't very hard. And still very sad.
After that we went to the (dun dun dun) HOSPITAL.
We all needed check ups, skin tests, blood tests, and...............
a butt swab?
Yup. Nothing like flashing a guy who doesnt speak English and swabbing your butt with a qtip to prove you dont have unexplainable diseases. Probably my most interesting doctors visit.
And my most invasive.
Then we left the hospital and went to the head teachers apartment where we started our training a little bit. I teach two different classes, a class of Primary 3 (5 year olds) and Level 4 (10 year olds) and I start Monday. One of the schools I teach at is on the Metro, but I only go twice a week and I have Fridays off, so do two other teachers, we are planning epic journeys across St. Petersburg.
That is basically the extent of my day. I am going to shower because I feel gross. Anyway, good morning Arizona!
Ok sorry I had to give you a little heart attack. I did go to a hospital, but not becuase of what you think.
Today we went and toured the school, then we had to go into the main part of St. Petersburg. To do that, we walked a few block and then rode a (dun dun dun) SUBWAY! I was a little overly excited but it was pretty fun. Hey, I am a small town girl. The subway looks awesome! Looks like I'll be doing it a lot too.
So we got to the Metro and we got to see a lot of beautiful things while we walked to the place where we were to become 'official russians' aka we got a student card and enrolled in language classes. The student card will get us into the majority of places for free, like the Hermitage, which we are going to see tomorrow or next weekend. We chilled at the language place as we waited for pizza, so we decided to walk around till it was done.
We ended up randomly going into a catholic temple which was pretty cool. I felt bad because I wanted to blow out some of the candles just for fun, but I didnt. Be proud, because that was incredibly tempting.
Finally we ate pizza, which was kind of sad. Very sad pizza. One of them had corn on it? I do not understand. It was better than Brazil pizza, which isn't very hard. And still very sad.
After that we went to the (dun dun dun) HOSPITAL.
We all needed check ups, skin tests, blood tests, and...............
a butt swab?
Yup. Nothing like flashing a guy who doesnt speak English and swabbing your butt with a qtip to prove you dont have unexplainable diseases. Probably my most interesting doctors visit.
And my most invasive.
Then we left the hospital and went to the head teachers apartment where we started our training a little bit. I teach two different classes, a class of Primary 3 (5 year olds) and Level 4 (10 year olds) and I start Monday. One of the schools I teach at is on the Metro, but I only go twice a week and I have Fridays off, so do two other teachers, we are planning epic journeys across St. Petersburg.
That is basically the extent of my day. I am going to shower because I feel gross. Anyway, good morning Arizona!
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