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22 Sivan/4 June, 2010
Jun. 4th, 2010 11:00 pmThis morning we went for the last walk in the center of the city. We saw Children’s theater and President’s palace (with absolutely no traffic around it), Karl Marx street – with plaques where famous writers lived . We also saw the history department of Belarusian State University. I took a picture next to it. It was still very warm this morning and that area has very beautiful buildings.
By the time we got to “Stolitsa” mall in center square this was the picture: the red church was on the right, Lenin statue was on the left and in the middle was the darkest cloud with approaching pouring rain. We got to the mall just in time. We went shoe shopping there. I got two pairs for sandals, one light blue, one brown. For $24 and $28 there were pretty cheap too and I figure that I might as well get the shoe shopping over with since I really don’t like it. I don’t linger over shoes, I pick fast, I try on, I’m ready to go. I got my fill of it today as my parents went to several other shoe stores to find white shoes for Papa. They were unsuccessful in their quest. Meanwhile, I found the first place to sit in each store, and I made a list of TV shows to watch when I get back that I missed in the last two weeks.
Finally, it was time to eat. We went to the same place where we ate twice before but it wasn’t as tasty this time. But we did get ice-cream afterward and I for my Eskimo ice-cream with yellow, lemon, cover. Mama bought cake and we went home. We had to run a little in the rain. It got colder too. We also had to walk home from the metro under one flimsy umbrella. It was easier to just walk under the rain.
After I took a nap in the afternoon, Papa and I walked to our old building again and even peeked at our door. (Papa met someone in the courtyard of our building earlier who recognized him and told him that some drunks live in our apartment now.) We took a trolleybus back.
Sasha copied all photos – mine, Katya’s, Uncle Tolya’s onto a DVD. Very convenient for me. Sveta and Lika came over. We had a table in the living room full of food. Lika ate only kolbasa – she likes meat. She also drew later with crayons, really well too. We said goodbye to them. Sveta needs to get on Skype more. I will miss her a lot.
We are trying to go to sleep earlier since we have to wake up at 3am to get to the airport by 5 for our flight at 7am. (Mama always likes to leave too early for flights). Tomorrow will be a really long day.
I started Neil Gaiman’s “Smoke and Mirrors.” I read the story in the introduction called “The Wedding Present” and the story called “Chivalry” that has Mrs. Whitaker as a main character and she found a Holy Grail in a antique shop and Galaad tries to buy it off her. Also I read a twisted perspective on Santa called “Nicholas Was.” I just love Gaiman’s short stories. Much more than even his longer works. He has nice twists and interesting ideas that stick in your head. Hopefully, it will keep me busy on the 10 hour plane ride tomorrow, although I’m sometimes too nervous to read on planes.
This is the last of my entries from my handwritten journal. Everything from now on comes from little notes I take each day.
By the time we got to “Stolitsa” mall in center square this was the picture: the red church was on the right, Lenin statue was on the left and in the middle was the darkest cloud with approaching pouring rain. We got to the mall just in time. We went shoe shopping there. I got two pairs for sandals, one light blue, one brown. For $24 and $28 there were pretty cheap too and I figure that I might as well get the shoe shopping over with since I really don’t like it. I don’t linger over shoes, I pick fast, I try on, I’m ready to go. I got my fill of it today as my parents went to several other shoe stores to find white shoes for Papa. They were unsuccessful in their quest. Meanwhile, I found the first place to sit in each store, and I made a list of TV shows to watch when I get back that I missed in the last two weeks.
Finally, it was time to eat. We went to the same place where we ate twice before but it wasn’t as tasty this time. But we did get ice-cream afterward and I for my Eskimo ice-cream with yellow, lemon, cover. Mama bought cake and we went home. We had to run a little in the rain. It got colder too. We also had to walk home from the metro under one flimsy umbrella. It was easier to just walk under the rain.
After I took a nap in the afternoon, Papa and I walked to our old building again and even peeked at our door. (Papa met someone in the courtyard of our building earlier who recognized him and told him that some drunks live in our apartment now.) We took a trolleybus back.
Sasha copied all photos – mine, Katya’s, Uncle Tolya’s onto a DVD. Very convenient for me. Sveta and Lika came over. We had a table in the living room full of food. Lika ate only kolbasa – she likes meat. She also drew later with crayons, really well too. We said goodbye to them. Sveta needs to get on Skype more. I will miss her a lot.
We are trying to go to sleep earlier since we have to wake up at 3am to get to the airport by 5 for our flight at 7am. (Mama always likes to leave too early for flights). Tomorrow will be a really long day.
I started Neil Gaiman’s “Smoke and Mirrors.” I read the story in the introduction called “The Wedding Present” and the story called “Chivalry” that has Mrs. Whitaker as a main character and she found a Holy Grail in a antique shop and Galaad tries to buy it off her. Also I read a twisted perspective on Santa called “Nicholas Was.” I just love Gaiman’s short stories. Much more than even his longer works. He has nice twists and interesting ideas that stick in your head. Hopefully, it will keep me busy on the 10 hour plane ride tomorrow, although I’m sometimes too nervous to read on planes.
This is the last of my entries from my handwritten journal. Everything from now on comes from little notes I take each day.