I'm here!

I'm in my new home, safe and happy, and only a little jetlagged. I am really grateful and feel so blessed to be exactly where I am. My mind is busy constantly trying to interpret all the strange words around me and slowly, all my Russian is flooding back to me. 

Today, we toured Red Square. Yesterday, I ate the most delicious blini filled with sweetened milk as we watched a brilliant red sunset at 10:30 pm. And then, after about 35 hours of being awake, I got the greatest night of sleep ever.

Life is good.

my room looks out over a forest. thank youuu Jesus!

the incredibly famed Bloshoi theatre

beautiful and timeless St. Basil's

the metro isn't as hard to figure out as I thought it would be