VACATION! London: Rain and Royalty

This post is a continuation of our vacation saga. The second city on our trip. My favorite city we visited overall. So let's just dive right in. We arrived in London in the morning, went and dropped off our bags at the hostel, and then went out to explore the city. Our first stop was…

VACATION! Prague: Hiking and Art

Alright so I decided to write about each city we went to on our vacation in separate posts so that it's not one huge gigantic post. So you can choose to read about whichever city you're most interested in (Prague, London, Paris, or Amsterdam) or read all of them if you want to. On Sunday…

Week 3: Pancake Week

In Russia, they have a celebration for the end of winter. This celebration is known as Maslenitsa. I'm not sure why we don't celebrate the end of winter in Idaho, because we definitely should. Winter in Idaho is brutal, and this is coming from the girl who, by the time she returns to America, will…

Week 2: Snow One’s Stopping Me Now

Pardon my cheesy title, but I couldn't help it considering this week I lived through Moscow's snowstorm of the century. Between Saturday and Sunday, it snowed like, 23". Pretty crazy stuff. This week was my first full week of teaching, and I'll just start off by saying I really appreciate all of the teachers I've…