The Luck Keeps Rolling In

Preparations for travelling abroad have been going quite well.

This Sunday, I met with Sarah K., a cheerful young lady from Appleton who joined our Russian class for spring term. She has been to Russia a few times and offered to share her accumulated wisdom with me. Since she was in the area this weekend, we made plans to meet up at the local independently-owned coffee shop.

Our visit was fruitful, let me tell you. Not only did she have excellent tips to share, like movies are cheaper in the morning than at night, not only did she give me her copy of the Lonely Planet's Guide to St. Petersburg (the best!) complete with notes, she is also mailing me the cellphone she used while she was there. How great is that?!

I'd been thinking that it would be a good idea to purchase a мобильный телефон once I got to St. Petersburg, чтобы make international phone calls and call someone for directions if I ever should get lost. Did I say 'if'? I meant 'when.' I hadn't completely resolved to get one, but now a free one is on its way to my doorstep.

Russian vocab of the day:
успех: that which has been dotting the past few weeks.
долг благодароности: what I owe Sarah.