In Russia the police cars are Fords....

So, I just had a nice walk about the city with a fine young lady to whom my khozyaika introduced me (she also introduced me to the rest of her class so, hopefully I'll soon be hanging with them, unfortunately that comes with a notable lack of guys in the class). It's a pretty city, prettier when you manage to get away from the mercantile part and towards the river. I'll describe it better later when I have pictures and decide to post them. :-P

Transport is crazy and mom would certainly not approve of the preparation of the food though it is tasty...although I have had to eliminate some of my heuristics tyhat I normally use to decide whether it's worth the risk of getting sick to eat - stinky cheeses, meat, dishes that you can't decode the component ingredients of etc. Anywho, more to follow, tomorrow baikal. Maybe Monday I'll have a full post and start with the pictures somewhere.