Sunday, January 6 - American Corner Party. From left to right: Alexander, Nastya, Cbeta, Kelly, Natalia, Dennis, and Nestor in the front row. (minus Irina who left early)
Monday, January 7 - Nestor in front of his namesake cafe.
Nestor and I making snow angels. Notice that no one joined us? Everyone knows about them here, but no one ever makes them. I have yet to find out why.
Tuesday, January 8 - Nestor and I with the Belarusian soldiers.
Nestor and I in Sovietskaya Plaza, that is Grodno's oldest Catholic church in the background.
Nestor and Cbeta in front of the New Year's Tree also in Sovietskaya Plaza.
Nestor and Lenin, in you guessed it, Lenin Square.
Me in front of the Orthodox church on Lenin Street, just across the street from my flat.
Another view of my favorite church in Grodno.
Thursday, January 10 - Nestor and I in the Kronon Cafe, here's the sign I told you about.
Nestor, me, and Irina (my Russian teacher), also in Kronon Cafe
Irina and I at Karchma, after we got tired of Kronon.
Friday, January 11 - Nestor practicing his Belarusian "street look."
Traditional (and very warm) Russian-style fur hats.
Saturday, January 12 - pre disco at my place. Top row from right to left: Nadia, Anja, and Cbeta. Bottom row from right to left: Kelly, Nestor, Olga, and Nastya
Sunday, January 13 - Lyudmila and I after she made us dinner.
Nestor in front of "the tank" and another Catholic church. The tank is a monument to WWII (aka, The Great Patriotic War).
Monday, January 14 - at sunset. Nestor on Sovietskaya Street, in front of the Univermag. Our last night in Grodno :-(