Lessons!

Besides all the lovely sightseeing, work is also calling! Books need to be open and languages need to be learned, so... Monday morning, 9 a.m.: first lesson in Russian! Together with my roommate from Poland, Marta, I went to Nastya's class. This trip from bedroom to class has actually been the shortest of my whole life. Was primary school situated at a walking distance of 2 minutes, now, if I have a lesson let's say at 9, I start to think about leaving at 8h59, because the lessons are in our apartment! Perfect! The four hours were spent intensively, which I very much appreciate! Focus is on communicating, and that is so hard!!! Reading and writing in the Russian language actually goes quite well, but to speak and use all the cases and verbs in the right way is  very very difficult. While our schedules are so full, homework was done in nightly hours the first day. I think I closed my books at around 2.20 a.m. and my other roommate from Belgium, Yoleen, honestly, I haven't heard her come to bed, so it must have been after 3 o' clock when she closed her books!!!

Tuesday started by picking up our registration carts at the registration office in the centre. A very important thing to do as to the authorities would like to be sure you are not lost in Russia. Having done that, Marta and I headed back for class, stopping along the way to visit some stores at Nevsky Prospect, of course. The second lesson today in the afternoon went well. It becomes clear that we really need to focus on grammer and speaking!!! Grammer we wil tackle tomorrow!

Well, that's it for now, love from Peters city, Russia!

Me standing in front of the cathedral of the spilled blood