New Learnings

I should have started this blog sooner.  I look at crazy things now and it doesn’t faze me! So hopefully I won’t forget everything I have seen.  After day one of the Penza hotel, they took us to the farm “hotel.” We didn’t know that everyone would have to re-arrange and we felt bad because of it.  Here Levi was the new boss and already making people move to different apartments due to his arrival.  The room that they put us in is about a second level room out of 4 levels.  Initially, they showed us a room that had a separate bedroom from kitchen. This room was one room, not one bedroom:) I will take pictures this week of some of the places I mention and will post.  

The room has a small closet type item, bed with two drawers underneath, sink, 6′ counter space, tiny oven, fridge, small table and two wooden chairs.  There is also a bathroom, we will get to that beauty in a bit though:)  All of this stuff is in one room.  So you are either sitting in a wooden chair, standing, or lying on the bed! A positive that I can add is that this building has been remodeled recently, so it feels clean to me.  We share a washing machine downstairs. It has been broken twice since we have been here and no water another time, therefore I think I need to get better timing with it!  Most people in Russia do not have dryers.  This was interesting to me. Anyway enough about the room.  Oh wait real quick the bathroom…

The bathroom has a toilet, sink, and shower.  Normal huh?  Except for the fact that the shower leaks every time you take a shower.  When we moved into the room, Michelle (american girl) was kind enough to leave a mop in the bathroom…I thought this was interesting until I took my first shower.  This is not a fun task for Levi or I. We have decided to take turns and that way one person doesn’t have to mop every night   The engineer came to look at it a couple days ago and said it didn’t leak….what?!?!  We are calling again today.

The hot water is a another aspect of living in Russia. In the summer, the hot water is turned off I am told. Thankfully it’s not summer! A few nights ago, we had Michelle over for dinner.  While Levi was washing off a utensil, he noticed that we had hot water.  Dinner immediately ceased and we all went to take showers:) We reconvened in about 20 minutes and continued our supper.  This is normal here:)

Tomorrow I’m going to address our eating, shopping, and dinner situation.  I’ll also tell you about where we live and the community.

I”m also leaving you with a mental picture of what I saw last night, I’ll have Levi take a picture the next time we see it on our dirt road.  A young man is very ingenious in Potodeevo, Russia.  He has made a contraption we call the Roto tiller mobile.  It is a tiller without the tiller.  There is an engine and wheels. He has an attachable wagon that he can put on and take a ride in   Getting Classy in  Russa:)

Maybe that’s what I’ll try and do every day to get my humor in….What we love about Russia!

Talk to you guys tomorrow! Thanks for adding me:)