The places we go...

Today I had my first Soviet-Union-flashback experience. Two weeks ago I turned in the form to get my student pass for the metro. Well, it's now time to receive said pass at the same place I turned it in. Last time I waited about two hours. This time I waited OVER THREE HOURS and then the place closed. Ridiculous. It's like the most inefficient thing I've ever seen in my life. It drives me insane. Today as I got closer to the front of the line, people started pushing and shoving, and by the time there were ten minutes left, people were arguing and waving their passports in front of the window. You'd think it was a Soviet bread line or something! Nope, just a bunch of tired, irritated university students. I think I'm going to go back Friday morning and try again. I don't have to be to work until 4 so if I get there at a reasonably early time I have a chance of making it through the line. I guess there has to be something to make you maybe not want to get a student metro pass and just pay the full price. But seriously, we're not animals. Be civilized, people!

Next week we're going to Kazan. It's east of Moscow over by the Urals. It's the capital of Tartarstan, in case you were interested. ...Feel free to Wikipedia that and then tell me exactly what that means. I'm assuming Tartarstan is a region in Russia, but then again the "it's" might be "it was" and not "it is", and then I'd have already assumed too much. :-)

I know I'm a horrible person because I haven't posted any pictures yet, but I haven't found a place to do it yet. ...And I kinda haven't actually taken that many pictures. Oops. But think about it, do YOU carry around YOUR camera everyday and take pictures of everything? No. Why? Because you live there. So be patient. :-)