15 Sivan/28 May, 2010
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bearshortyMy feet are much better after a day in other shoes. I will need sneakers tomorrow but hopefully my feet won’t complain too much.
This morning we drove to a supermarket to get alcohol for my birthday party and to get food. It was a real huge supermarket, definitely not something I saw as a kid. I changed $20 too. We went to the fur store next (well, it was the story for hats that also had fur coats), and after a bit of trying on coats, I bought myself a new fur coat for about $450. There was a nicer blue one that I liked a lot but it was too tight. My Aunt bought that one. Mine has a hood and cute decorations. Mama didn’t like it as much as another one but I loved it and so did Papa and Aunt Vera. It was my purchase (and my credit card) so it was my call. I really didn’t plan to buy a coat nor did I really want a new one since my winter coat is super warm, but my old coat is ten years old and does not look very impressive, and it is a bit cheaper to buy in Belarus and my grandparents are giving me money for my birthday. So overall, I bought a new coat and it is soft and fuzzy.
After that we went to Katya’s where Aunt Vera and Mama went shopping for the day, thankfully alone, and Papa, Lenya and I went to the WWII museum. I love that museum. I became a pioneer there so it holds special memories. I really liked the exhibits on the advancing Nazi troops into Belarus, evacuations, partisan (guerrilla) units, deaths in occupation and a room dedicated to Masherov. They are building a new site for the museum so next time I will visit, this building will be gone.
I’m getting oriented in the center of the city again. I’m remembering where everything is and how to walk there. This took about a week. After the museum, Papa wanted to check out some buildings and then we went to PatioPizza, an Italian restaurant at the center of the city. We sat inside and got Gifts of Sea pizza and Mexican Pizza for Lenya (he doesn’t like fish or mushrooms). We also got a basic pizza for free because we had a child with us. The pizza was decent, but, of course, I had better.
Lenya was very shy throughout the excursion. He would answer questions on the basic level but would not really talk that much. He is still adjusting to us. I wish we had more time here. We also stopped by a store or two to get some souvenirs and Lenya’s magazine (100 Great Russians – a weekly magazine- Feodor Dostoyevsky today). And then we went home to wait for Mama and Aunt Vera to get back from shopping. Meanwhile, I listened to a gory program on TV about Gogol’s death and I was cross-stitching. Then we went home to get ready for the theater.
I read a weecap for “SYTYCD”. I’m just missing the audition episodes. Watching that show feels like summer.
We went to see Gerhart Hauptmann’s play “Before Sunset” with Rostislav Yankovsky – he a big actor name. He is over 80 and he carried the play on his shoulders which was very impressive. I really liked the acting. I didn’t really like the music or style of the production or the play itself very much, though. The plot is about a 70 year old widower who gets involved with a very young woman and how his four children and children’s spouses can’t deal with it. (“Copenhagen” remains my favorite non-Shakespearian play that I saw live.) Papa sat right under the air conditioner and he got really cold so tea was in store for us all when we got home. The play was in the Russian theater (former synagogue). I used to go there often as a kid since Sasha’s and Katya’s other grandmother worked there in the wardrobe and we would get in for free.
Tomorrow – book market. We are getting up early.
This morning we drove to a supermarket to get alcohol for my birthday party and to get food. It was a real huge supermarket, definitely not something I saw as a kid. I changed $20 too. We went to the fur store next (well, it was the story for hats that also had fur coats), and after a bit of trying on coats, I bought myself a new fur coat for about $450. There was a nicer blue one that I liked a lot but it was too tight. My Aunt bought that one. Mine has a hood and cute decorations. Mama didn’t like it as much as another one but I loved it and so did Papa and Aunt Vera. It was my purchase (and my credit card) so it was my call. I really didn’t plan to buy a coat nor did I really want a new one since my winter coat is super warm, but my old coat is ten years old and does not look very impressive, and it is a bit cheaper to buy in Belarus and my grandparents are giving me money for my birthday. So overall, I bought a new coat and it is soft and fuzzy.
After that we went to Katya’s where Aunt Vera and Mama went shopping for the day, thankfully alone, and Papa, Lenya and I went to the WWII museum. I love that museum. I became a pioneer there so it holds special memories. I really liked the exhibits on the advancing Nazi troops into Belarus, evacuations, partisan (guerrilla) units, deaths in occupation and a room dedicated to Masherov. They are building a new site for the museum so next time I will visit, this building will be gone.
I’m getting oriented in the center of the city again. I’m remembering where everything is and how to walk there. This took about a week. After the museum, Papa wanted to check out some buildings and then we went to PatioPizza, an Italian restaurant at the center of the city. We sat inside and got Gifts of Sea pizza and Mexican Pizza for Lenya (he doesn’t like fish or mushrooms). We also got a basic pizza for free because we had a child with us. The pizza was decent, but, of course, I had better.
Lenya was very shy throughout the excursion. He would answer questions on the basic level but would not really talk that much. He is still adjusting to us. I wish we had more time here. We also stopped by a store or two to get some souvenirs and Lenya’s magazine (100 Great Russians – a weekly magazine- Feodor Dostoyevsky today). And then we went home to wait for Mama and Aunt Vera to get back from shopping. Meanwhile, I listened to a gory program on TV about Gogol’s death and I was cross-stitching. Then we went home to get ready for the theater.
I read a weecap for “SYTYCD”. I’m just missing the audition episodes. Watching that show feels like summer.
We went to see Gerhart Hauptmann’s play “Before Sunset” with Rostislav Yankovsky – he a big actor name. He is over 80 and he carried the play on his shoulders which was very impressive. I really liked the acting. I didn’t really like the music or style of the production or the play itself very much, though. The plot is about a 70 year old widower who gets involved with a very young woman and how his four children and children’s spouses can’t deal with it. (“Copenhagen” remains my favorite non-Shakespearian play that I saw live.) Papa sat right under the air conditioner and he got really cold so tea was in store for us all when we got home. The play was in the Russian theater (former synagogue). I used to go there often as a kid since Sasha’s and Katya’s other grandmother worked there in the wardrobe and we would get in for free.
Tomorrow – book market. We are getting up early.