Blogs

Story Swapping in Moscow
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Starting the last week of my stay in Moscow , all of the international students began to return to the dorms. At first it was no more than one student a day, but as the week progressed, two, three, whole cliques of students returned, and all of us in the... Read more
Bolshoi Theater: Dealing with Rejection
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Editor's note: While we love cultural outings, Let's Go does not condone illegal activities of any kind, including "borrowing" another student's ID to get discounted tickets. If anything, we present the following as a cautionary tale. Moscow has proven to... Read more
Ice Skating and Soviet Bunkers
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The past week has been an overload of activities and school. My day starts with three hours of one-on-one Russian class, an hour break, and then almost two hours of politics on the Soviet Republics. By the end of the day, my brain has been beaten to a... Read more
Chasing Santa: Orthodoxy's Second Christmas
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The prospect of going to Russia for January didn't seem to be the best idea I ever had. My friends said I was crazy. First there was the snow, then there were the numerous warnings I received that Moscow is dangerous/expensive/filled with gangsters and... Read more
A New Sort of Chemistry Class
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If you have an extra several thousand rubles handy on your next trip to Russia , you also have the chance to try the newest and perhaps strangest gastronomic experience to hit Moscow since the creation of okroshka, a soup flavored with kvas (a weakly... Read more
The Cats That Saved Art History
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While cats have historically served as popular pets for Russians, they served as something else during the 900-day siege of Leningrad in World War II. As food supplies dwindled and growing numbers of citizens died of starvation, cats suffered the brutal... Read more