8 October
Well, a week has passed and
I am still in Moscow. My first teaching
week with L has certainly been interesting. L was on half term holiday last week so I came
in a lot earlier to teach her. The
family has one of those small poodles; pretty cute if you like those kinds of
dogs and it is called Choco. Choco is
Loco! I have never seen such a hyperactive dog but you can tell she loves L
very much. L is a great girl and not
what I expected from a rich Russian family.
She tidies up the kitchen after her mother, helps puts away groceries
and is generally a tidy child.
Last Wednesday her mum
had to go for a massage somewhere in Moscow but as she didn’t have a babysitter
that day, Lisa and I were doing our best Mary Poppins imitation while looking
after Georgy, diminutive: Gosha who is only 5/6 months old. We were driven by Alexander, diminutive:
Sasha. Now I thought Sasha drove the way
he did when he didn’t have the family in the car. Boy was I wrong! There was no difference. We were in a park
for an hour which wasn’t too bad and luckily the weather wasn’t too bad.
This week it has been
sunshine and showers. On Saturday it got
up to the heady heights of 21 Deg C but Sunday was a big change, rain, rain and
more rain. Moscow is covered in a cloud
of rain/mist and there are great big puddles everywhere.
Unfortunately after a
week I still do not know the address of where I am staying. It is frustrating as the
caretaker/receptionist of the apartment block speaks no English. I am also struggling with the fact that I do
not know how to get to my nearest Metro stop.
The family don’t know. Whatever
country/city I have been in I have always managed to get into the centre. I do not like the feeling of being so
isolated and don’t get me started on the internet situation or I seriously
might explode!!!
My apartment is on the 12th
floor and my next door neighbour is having work done on her flat. I know that
she has dogs and birds of some kind. I
hear them barking and tweeting. I
finally got to see the dogs and they are gorgeous husky style dogs and not
fierce or mean at all.
Well, hopefully by the
time of my next entry I will be on the internet and have a Russian phone and
fingers crossed, knowing where the nearest metro line is and how to get to
it.
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