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So, Russia has this great holiday called Maslenitsa. Otherwise known as Pancake week. Here’s an exerpt from a website I found: “Maslenitsa (Pancake week) is the only purely Russian Holiday that dates back to the pagan times. For seven days Moscow jingles with bells, sings with garmoshkas and glares with gaily-painted dresses. The people are [...]

The first time the temperature got up to 1 degree (Celsius), I celebrated by going for my first run of the trip. I ran to the Gagarin Square, which is down the street from where I live on Leninsky Prospekt, maybe 3 miles away. It was a hilly run and I learned a few times [...]