Entries Tagged as ‘Washington’

April 16, 2007

School in Siberia

When you say, “Going to school,” the first thing that comes to my mind is cold. When I grew up, this place was in Siberia, so when people talk about Chicago winter I’m like, “No, you have no idea.’” So it was really, really cold. Schools are good, universities are good—I mean the [...]

April 16, 2007

American flags everywhere

I remember my very first two impressions when I came here to the States as a tourist. The first one was the number of American flags everywhere. In Russia back in ’96 after the Communist era it was actually not good. People did not want to show any pride in their countries, so [...]