May continues with sweltering, humid weather and even shorter skirts. My feelings are mixed: on the one hand I am happy to return home, but on the other hand I am going to miss the people I got to know here. Especially the CS meetings. Anyway, 1 week to go and I leave the borders of Belarus. Brace yourself Budapest! I am returning!
This humid weather arrived so suddenly, that it took me by surprise.
I don’t have many suitable clothes, but I am going to survive the remaining days.
We had some “Blastery Days”, like in Winnie-the-Pooh (for this reason I watched this childhood favourite for the thousandth time). This year I had to miss our
lovely Easter tradition, in the course of which the girls get watered by enthusiastic boys so as not to wither… for this reason I decided to water
myself by getting out in the rain and getting soaked to the skin. It was refreshing
in this crazy weather.
I can merrily say that after all it seems to be that I’ll be
able to leave the country. It is the peculiarity
of this country that you always find yourself panicking when it comes to
dealing with your visa. To cut a long story short: you shall never worry! The
essence of the phenomenon can be perfectly explained again with the Russian
word Сейчас („now”). Patience is the key. I got my residence permit prolonged,
I got my exit visa and my Russian transit visa is under way. I can fetch it
on 29 May.
The last days in the class are quite interesting: in our
textbook the text was about anti-fascism and neo-Nazis, which is quite an
interesting topic to discuss with students from so different countries (currently:
from Turkey, China, Switzerland and Hungary). It is great that the writers of
contemporary textbooks include such topics as well.
In this week I again want to say a big thank you for the CS
meeting, which has been spent with lovely people, as usual.
Though my mind was troubled because of the visas and in addition I had a persistent stomach ache throughout the week, I had a few hours of mirth. Luckily, the stomach ache is over, but now my companion is a sharp pain in the back (i.e. my waist), which makes me walk around like a proper babooshka. Hurrey!
Though my mind was troubled because of the visas and in addition I had a persistent stomach ache throughout the week, I had a few hours of mirth. Luckily, the stomach ache is over, but now my companion is a sharp pain in the back (i.e. my waist), which makes me walk around like a proper babooshka. Hurrey!
I was meditating on what I’m going to miss from Belarus,
besides the friends. The list is sort of ready:
- сырок : ~Túró Rudi/ a sweet miracle with cottage cheese. Big selection, lovely variety.
- Масло = Butter: Surprisingly good!
- Хлеб = Bread: I loved the variety of brown breads already in Finland, and the same goes for Belarus. They are the cheapest option and they taste great!
- Бублики = it’s like a sweet “pretzel” and comes in a round form. It’s a Russian invention. You can see strings of them in some shops.
- Сметана = tejföl/ sour cream: Just like home! Such a comfort! Though here I tasted some that are even better than some of ours.
- Морожоное = ice cream. No comments needed.
Tomorrow I’m heading to Minsk Arena, to take a few shots of
the crazy fans of hockey! :) Semifinals and the finals are coming on the weekend.
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