Pachu Mama

Monday, September 29, 2008

The line to kiss the grave of St. Sergius (I waited in line and touched the grave, but did not kiss it)

Me at the Monastery

Boris and his family at the Monastery of St. Sergius-Latva

Birds

Old Woman

Goofing off at the institute

Lena and I at the Tsar bell, the Kremlin

Natasha

My colleague Lena and I at the gallery

Many cathedrals within the Kremlin

One of the rooms in the Tetryakov Gallery

Saturday Afternoon, Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer

Children

Historical museum downtown, Moscow.

Statue of Peter the Great

Downtown Moscow on a cold winter night.

Two men

Detail of Cathedral walls

Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer - March 2008

Russian Space Institute, where I worked during my stay.

My walk to the bus stop each morning. I learned how to read Cyrillic after about 1 week, although I couldn't always understand what the sentences meant.

My hotel, home sweet home for 1 month

My colleague Natasha and me at the Center for Ecology and Productivity of Forests, Russian Academy of Sciences at the Russian Space Institute, Moscow.

Museum on Red Square

St. Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin, and Red Square, Moscow, March, 2008

Me at St. Basil's Cathedral - it was particularly cold this evening.

St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, March

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

January and February, 2008

Hi everyone,

I am slowly beginning to document the past year 2008. Starting from where I left off, I visited family in Florida, spent New Year's Eve overlooking Central Park in Manhattan, passed my PhD qualification exams at UVA, organized an outreach program for children to learn about nature and the environment at a local nature preserve, and continued in the Big Siblings program. There are some pictures from all of that, as well as some from a trip to West Virginia to camp with my friends Ami and Maria, my dog Queso, and her friend Vega (Ami's dog).

There is more to come!

~ D