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After an incredibly relaxing holiday in the States, I’m back in Moscow. I padded the trip with a few extra days in order to make the transition from US to Russia, my mom’s super cooking to lapsha doshirak, driving to walking, and no work to long, grueling days.

Still, it’s good to be back. Andrei and I have hung out a bit and last night we made it to Otkrytaya Dver’s one year anniversary. Today I start back at work. Ughhh.

It’s surprisingly warm for January. A lot of the snow in my courtyard has melted while I was gone, but a dusting this morning has somewhat restored a slight resemblence to winter.

Friday was Orthodox Christmas here in Russia. Dasha just wrote about it, so if you want a basic primer on it be sure to check out her January 7th post. Next we’ll have Old New Year and then it’s back to normalcy.