http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick Patrick's Journal: Chronicling his study abroad experiences Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:19:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to three hockey games last week. There was a small international tournament with Russia, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden, and the ticket prices were right, as well as the time of year. Our friend Marina invited us. The first game was Russia-Finland, Thursday night. Nearly all of the ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/hockey-and-school/   Moscow is filled with homeless dogs. In the summer they are there, and we know they are there, but it is not until the winter, when they tend to move into warmer areas, that they become really visible. I run into them everywhere, and think about them, but after the ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b8-%d1%88%d1%83%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b8/ Last week snow fell in mass, and the landscape transformed from a frozen grey to a pearly white, and then, after the roads were graveled, to a sort of brown in many places. At the suggestion of Marina (SNEG! Sneg vupal, ne sidite v komnatah—gul’aite!), a small group of us ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/%d1%85%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%b3-%d0%b8-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d1%8f%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0/ Most people who have heard of it before find the ultra-pasteurized no refrigeration milk available in many part of Europe rather strange. For me, it has become a convenience, meaning I do not have to keep my milk in the refrigerator up the hall, where it would undoubtedly be consumed ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/%d0%bb%d1%8e%d0%b4%d0%b8/ It already feels as if ages have gone by since the last time I wrote a blog entry, and I suppose that must be a tribute to an active schedule, although classes have thusfar been few and far between. One of our classcomarades has been receiving a little extra tutoring ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/%d1%81%d1%83%d0%b7%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%b8-%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80/ Not that I could even pretend to believe any experience can be broken into all sections to be titled, each title fully representative of the content of the section, because, of course, life is mixed salad, as always, but if I had to invent a section, a point at which ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/peace-in-the-shower/ I had been upstairs for a few moments, and upon returning I realized the Lufthansa staff had herded everyone out of the gate area, and the lined them up to be checked in before the final boarding. The woman checking passports was tall, almost too tall, towering over the ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b2%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c-%d0%b2-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b2%d0%b5/ I spent Monday in Berlin again and, with some effort, finally got my visa. It did not go perfectly, but I have my visa, so I am not going to complain about anything, but I will not say I am at fault for the Consulate’s inability to answer questions over ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/zug-nach-frankfurt/ Russian Embassy, Unter den Linden, Berlin. Seated in the Visum Lobby of the Consular Department, I drop my head back and breath in deeply. I have a psychosomatic induced stomach ache. I am the inventor of the imaginary concern which caused this. I know I have ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/short-visit-to-berlin/ As Jens simultaneously shifted into a higher gear and merged on to the highway, I silently rejoiced in the essence of the action; one which means little to him, based in the routine of travel by car, made necessary by his girlfriend’s new place of residence, made possible by the ... http://honors.buffalo.edu/patrick/hof-seekamp-deutschland-august-27-2007/