Staying in touch

Classes have begun, and that won`t add free time to my life obviously, so to stay in touch you may watch my usa-special blog (messages and pictures still mean that I am okay, though far away :)).

And welcome everybody to DC! Hey, I know whom I`m going to see soon... Great, great!

Random facts

Did you know?

American University (Washington, DC, the one I am in now) currently purchases 5% of its electrcity from a wind farm in West Virginia.

Also, from another paper (it`s Sunday, and I am going through the stuff been collected during the whole week). One of the AU (American University again) dining place has bought a machine to convert used cooking oil into electricity and hot water.

All that goes with regular reminders to recycle, to use reusable coffee cups (I specifically liked the advice to carry one`s own silverware). Reusable bottles, turning off everything when you don`t need it, recycle bins - all that sounds reasonable. Before coming to AU I saw the mentioning that it has the most green campus. Need to check this information though.

PS: ..just trying to keep myself enthusiastic while going through paperwork.

Russian updates

Hello. Because I am in a desperate shortage of time now, I will be posting small updates in the Russian blog. I reorganized the gadgets on your right, so USA-Special.blogspot.com is seen on the top. By clicking on the text (or the picture) you may go to the Russian blog, where you can enjoy lovely Russian letters or just can see that everything is okay with me (if I have time for writing, then everything is more or less okay). See you!

New camera

I bought the new camera, so here is my first promenade in pictures.
I was enjoying lunch (milk products made of milk, surprise), just streets and cars, signs and several buildings of American University (which I need to visit soon), etc, etc, etc... Just whatever was around. Walking down Wisconsin avenue. The Russian Embassy is also there, by the way (surprise, again).

There will be Picasa web-album by click (I guess).

Washington, DC - summer times

Still need to find housing. Looks like a nice apartment with a landlady from Geneva won`t work. Not good (though all is well in its own time, or something like that; at least have not paid her in advance).

I know, it`s in Russian - http://usa-special.blogspot.com/ - but that is still me, in DC now. The link is also on the side bar on the right (or is it left?). Sort of lost motivation (just a bit!) to write in English here. Hopefully will live with it (with English! not with the motivation loss) for two years since now.
So, so very much excited.

Hot, though very cool in Washington! :)

Busy schedule, by the way. And also apartment hunt. So just generally no time for anything more than a quick update.

Moscow under smoke and in heat.

My flight is tomorrow. Moscow - Washington direct. Tonight going to the hotel for a night. Suitcase - almost done.