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| #1. The country's first monument to Jules Verne, overlooking the Volga and Oka rivers. |
Here are 13 pictures to show you what these first few days in Nizhny Novgorod have been like. (Because, of course, even numbers are unlucky in Russia.)
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| #2. The dorm room. |
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| #3. Welcome lunch at the university. |
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| #4. Some of Nizhny's churches.
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| #5. Another overlook above the city's rivers. |
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| #6. Another student and I tried "electrical vitamins" by placing our hands on these metal patches. I guess it worked? ;) |
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| #7. View from the window of a cell phone store. |
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| #8. Girl's bathroom in the dormitory. They weren't kidding about bring-your-own-toilet-paper! |
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| #9. Souvenir stand. D has requested a matryoshka doll for one of his co-workers and I'm on the hunt. |
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| #10. You can eat lunch for $1 USD in the student cafeteria... |
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| #11. ... but who can resist those cute little grocery shops?! |
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| #12. Nizhny Novgorod will host some international sports event next year (I'll look it up) and the city is going ballastic over it. Reminds me a lot of Kharkiv and Euro2012. |
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| #13. Back in the dorms- someone's teakettle. |
Hope you enjoyed this little peek at life here :) I'll tell you more about some of these pictures soon. Meanwhile, what thirteen things have defined your July so far?
#12 Nizhny Novgorod is one of the 11 host cities for the FIFA world soccer championships in 2018. Many friends here have already asked if I wil accompany them to Russia during the games ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're having an awesome time!
Ah ha! Thanks for this, Chelsea :) Are you answering "maybe", I hope? Sounds like you're ready to be an official tour guide.
DeleteIt's amazing how similar all Russia cities are! Also, I hate the no toilet paper thing!
ReplyDeleteI hear you ;) And here in the dorms you have to jealously guard it or someone else will cart it off. Hot commodity and all that!
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