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Graduation Speech

Emma and I attended our second graduation ceremony here last week, and I gave my second graduation speech. I wrote the thing in English (as simple English as possible), translated it myself, and then got help from my Russian tutor to correct the mistakes. Then I practiced it for a week. My Russian’s improved over [...]


Hedgehog in the Fog

We had a great time tonight celebrating the New Year with my counterpart Olha, Emma’s director (Olha’s father), and their family.  New Year in Ukraine is roughly equivalent to our Christmas – it’s a big family holiday with lots of traditions.  So we were honored to be invited to prazdnovat (праздновать) with some of our [...]