Hello friends... it is currently 5 am in Moscow and yes, I am still awake. FML
Olivia (my roommate) and I went over to the Marine house on the compound and hung out in their bar for awhile (I was there for a short period of time and they still managed to spill blue alcohol ALL over me... blue alcohol topped with everclear... in your eyes... ya... it sucked. I don't know what you've heard about Marines, but these ones are flipping crazy). We went out to a new bar called Chesterfields... it's a sports bar... but they decided they wanted to dance so we left for Coyote Ugly... yes, THE Coyote Ugly... Moscow version. Super hardcore... for a small town girl anyways. I don't do clubbing or anything of the sort so this was quite an experience. I met some guys from Brazil... they were very nice and they spoke both Russian and English. I only bought one drink... well actually two, one for myself and one for another marine... vodka tonic and jack and coke... and it cost me 1,000 rubles... which is approx. $30!!!! I have decided not to drink in Moscow bars... WAY too expensive. The nice thing about going out in Moscow is that ALL the Russian women are beautiful... like amazingly so. Therefore it is very easy to have conversations with guys on a friendly level without any expectations because the minute a russian woman pays them any attention, they forget you. I like it... it makes it very easy to go out and avoid awkward situations. I think it makes Jared happy as well. :)
It is late... but I think we spent quite a bit of time at subway and that is why we got back so late. Believe me, ordering sandwiches at a russian subway where the employees do not speak english and the customers do not speak russian is very, very difficult... and time consuming... I don't think I ended up with the exact sub I wanted, but it was still very good... and very comparable in price!
I am very, very tired and I think I am going rock climbing later in the afternoon so I should get some sleep...
Here is my sample comment - so you can see if it goes through --- let me know! :)
ReplyDeleteOh... and for those of you who don't have facebook... **cough** Mr. Kuziej **cough**... I can see the Russian White House from my bedroom window... Vladimir and I talk via toilet paper rolls and clothes lines every night :)
ReplyDeleteWhat, you don't speak enough Ruskie to order a sandwich?!
ReplyDeleteNo I do... but try ordering a sub with 10 Marines who know no Russian, are drunk, and think you're stupid for trying to speak Russian... the workers really paid no attention to me... and when Alex came in... I felt stupid because he speaks both languages fluently so I just let him take over. It was much easier, believe me...
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