A Change of Address

I'm moving! So for anyone who was planning to send me a nice Christmas card (or present) by mail, don't use my old address as by Tuesday I'll be gone! [If you've sent something already, don't worry as I'm sure I'll be able to pick it up from Mila's] I should have my new mailing address soon and I'll be sure to get that out as soon as I do.

So why am I moving? I've been wanting to leave the host family for awhile now - it was only ever meant to be a sort of starting point, an safe and easy setup for me so that I could get my bearings in Russia without having to worry about roomates, cooking meals, and all the other potential headaches of living on my own... I've unfortunately run out of time today but I will write more soon about my NEW PLACE! It's so beautiful - can't wait to move.

One more thing, more photos as promised! I've decided not to post them here because blogger's not been very reliable for that so I've put them up at http://picasaweb.google.com/peterbhouston/MorePetersburg except I haven't had time to do all the captions so mabye you shouldn't go look at them just yet. I'll get a proper link to the photos up soon as well. So much to do!! Here's a quick sneak preview, dramatic sculptures on the war memorial at Ploschad Pobedy that I was talking about: