Last night I went to the opening home game of the Yaroslavl Locomotive Hockey Team. They play in the SuperLeague (Russian NHL). We won 4-1. It was awesome.
Sporting events seems to cross cultural boundaries. There was very loud music (both english and russian selections...the english included Cotton-Eyed Joe and Now, I'm a Believer), all sorts of concession stands selling beer, popcorn, (and miniature cups of tea), the "wave" which took a while to get started but finally made it all the way around the system, large cheers including "шайбу, шайбу, шайбу....which translates to puck, puck, puck," goals, penalties, fights, and other general awesomeness.
I continue to struggle to find a mainstream course which is understandable. My attempts failed again last night when I found myself in a class on Chinese history. I couldn't tell the difference between unknown Russian words and random Chinese place names or people's names. I'm becoming very frusterated in this mainstream search.
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