Katya

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Seva and Anya

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Summer Picnic

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Aviator & Co.

Hanging out with my friends Katya and Adel

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Weekend with friends

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Back to Moscow routine

It's now been 1,5 weeks since I arrived back in Moscow, and I am already back to the crazy routine around here. I started working in the office again and also met with my friends whom I haven't seen for a while, so we could catch up on life.
It seems like the summer turned into fall earlier this year, because all these past 10 days it's been very chilly and rainy in Moscow, and I've already lost my deep Florida tan, and overall I miss the sun, beach and ocean tons and tons.
It's now only couple weeks before my college year starts again, and as soon as it's going to be my last one, it means a lot of work will have to be done. Including a big diploma project that I have to write, around 80 pages long. Not fun at all. If anyone has a good, ready-to-go paper that has something to do with economics, definitely let me know. Especially if it's an 80-pages long paper. ps. NO talk about plagiarism please.
Ok, well, I should also add that I've decided to work a little more on practicing my driving skills, and, what an amazing luck, one of my friends agreed to let me use his car and drive it around the neighborhood for a while. He is also still in the process of mastering his driving skills, so we spent the whole day taking turns behind the steering wheel. Driving is defintiely a lot of fun!
The picture below just shows me adjusting back to the rough Russian reality (lol, oh well), and no worries, this peculiar-looking vehicle is not the one I was driving around.
ps. In fact, I am quite a lucky lad, because my friend has a much nicer car. And I am even more lucky that I have such good friends:)

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Couple days of partying in Ocean City, MD and Myrtle Beach, SC

On Saturday I flew from Florida to Baltimore, MD and then took a ride to Ocean City, MD, where I joined the rest of my co-workers from the International Exchange Center on the party bus-tour along the east coast. We spent the Sunday hanging out in Ocean City and tanning on the beach and then later at night we hosted a big party for students in one of the night clubs. Over 800 people attended:)
In comparison to the places I've been before, Ocean City really looked like somewhat traditional/"real" America. People keep it very simple and the habits and culture are extremely down-to-earth.
After 3 hours of sleep we started driving south on Monday morning, and it took us about 10 hours to get to our next destination - Myrtle Beach, SC. Let me tell you, 10 hours in a hot RV with hardly any fresh air and seven people on board is quite a painful experience. We got to Myrtle Beach just in time to host another student-party in Myrtle Beach' largest night-club "Cryptonite".
Hence it was Monday, we didn't really expect many people; however, the turnout was amazing again and again we had a lot of fun:)
After the party was over, I got in a cab and headed to the airport to get there a few hours before my next flight and be able to get a little more sober before getting on the plane:)
Right now I am still sitting here in Myrtle Beach International Airport and my flight departs to New York in 40 minutes. Then I am flying to Moscow through Washington DC:) Will be back in Russia in less than 20 hours.
Few pictures from the party




Somewhere in Virginia on a pit-stop

Someone took this picture of me on the beach in Ocean City, MD

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Change of plans and the craziest week ahead

I was planning to stay in Florida till Friday this week and then go to New York on Saturday and stay there for 3 days, and fly back to Moscow after that. Today, however, I got a last minute change of plans.
My director asked me to join the rest of my co-workers on the bus tour across the east coast (we are doing a party-tour for students, and I will be hosting the parties in Maryland and South Carolina), so now I have a totally different plan for next 7 days. It's gonna be crazy!!!
My new schedule:
Saturday 8th 6:00am - I am flying from Fort Lauderdale, FL to New York.
Saturday 8th 5:00pm - I am flying from New York to Baltimore, MD.
Saturday 8th 6:30pm - I am taking a 3-hour car ride from Baltimore, MD to Ocean City, MD.
Sunday 9th, night - I am hosting a student-party in Ocean City, MD.
Monday 10th, morning - we are continuing the bus tour and going to Myrtle Beach, SC.
Monday 10th, night - I am hosting a student-party in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Tuesday 11th, 9:00am - I am flying from Myrtle Beach to New York.
Tuesday 11th, 2:00pm - I am flying from New York to Washington, DC.
Tuesday 11th, 5:00pm - I am flying from Washington, DC to Moscow.
Wednesday 12th, morning - I am arriving in Moscow, Russia:))

So it's gonna be quite a lot of flights and rides and travels in next 7 days. Seems like all the flights are booked now, so the organizing part was done well today. And I get to visit some new states (including Maryland and South Carolina), which is very exciting.
On the other hand, I think by the time I arrive in Moscow next Wednesday, I will be...well, quite exhausted. I am feeling like one of the pop-stars, who get to visit a bunch of different cities in just a couple days.
Such a crazy week ahead...:)

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