First,some words about russa.

In russia, the minute i saw my brother, he said: I have a surprise for you

in the pool. The surprise consisted of:

thickgreen algae



Then,we went to the russian bazaar- which is an outdoor market, and boughtmatching Tshirts. We wore them during beach volleyball

USSRTEAM*


*CCCPis how we write USSR in russia bc of our alphabet


Now,I must introduce a new russian term, called Dacha. Dacha in Russiameans “summer house where we go mushroom picking and fishing”.Dead dad said: we shall take helicopter and go to our Dacha. Myfamily looks sooo good in helicopters.

Helicopterpose 1



Helicopterpose 2




HelicopterPose 3



(notein pose 3, i am driving the helicopter).


DachaTop view



Assoon as we got to the dacha, dead dad made a million shishkabobs andthey were soooo good. I LOVE shishkabobs!! especially lambs!!


Then,we went mushroom picking, and I got very lost in the russian taiga.For details, go to http://www.livejournal.com/users/koinbahd/



Mushrooms


Then,we went fishing- the kind of fishing where you take a fat juicyearthwarm and put him on a metal fishing hook to attrackt the fish.

Hereshow the warm looks



Justkidding, heres what it really looks like



Then,a storm came, with waves about 1.5 meters (6ft) high. At this exactmoment, i had emergency urge to urinate. I had to pee off the side ofthe boat while my sister held me by my life jacket.

Urinationduring storm



Atnight, we played a famous russian game called Nochnoy Dozor (Nightwatch):



Furthermore,this time around....

Igot close enough to see the cow's uterus-



Evenclose enough to see chickens mating rituals.




Ibeat the rug for dust


..andfixed leaks in walls



Inconclusion, my 3 week stay in Russia was a success.


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