When I tell people I’m moving to Russia in the fall, naturally they ask what I will be doing there. As a young lefty nonprofit type in Washington, DC, the expected answer is that I’ll be working for Doctors Without Borders or Amnesty International or something. Alas, no. Actually, I don’t know for sure what I’ll be doing.
The situation is this: my favorite aunt’s employer offered her an expatriate assignment in St. Petersburg. As she doesn’t speak Russian, she told them she’d consider it if she could take me along.
So I’ll live with my aunt and navigate the Cyrillic-lettered world for her. I’ll also probably get a job teaching English, take more Russian lessons, and do a lot of reading and writing. And visit Finland whenever Russian life gets too gloomy.
1 comment
17 December 2004 at 5:14 am
Sallie
Just browsing. How interesting – and lucky – living in Russia and the opportunity to travel and all. Actually living in a country instead of trotting from museum to museum on a tight schedule – that’s wonderful. Do you write – that is WRITE? You might consider your Blog as a dandy way to write your experiences and thoughts along the way – eventually putting it all together. In your case it would be a sort of diary – but a blog doesn’t have to be that. Mine is actually a lengthy essay on growing up on in the Depression & War years. I decided to print it in ‘chapbook’ form – with many pictures – and had it bound for family members for $2 at OfficeMax. You could incorporate photos – and sketches if you draw a bit… wow! Exciting!