Victory Day
Bust out the hammer a sickle baby, it's time to celebrate 61 years of kicking Nazi butt!
Yesterday was a great day. Not because it went according to schedule (ha!) or expectations (double ha!), though.
Word was there was going to be a parade around 10am yesterday morning. I met Alana and Andrea downtown with Noah and wondered how the parade was going to navigate through all the morning traffic. Hmm...
We then walked to the Lenin statue because Lenin = good times. His pedastal had more flowers than usual, but no crowds and no veterans. Then we spen the next hour looking for the eternal flame on foot. On our way, we were passed by a few busses full of soldiers... aparently leaving the ceremony we were trying to see.
Once we got there Alana and I scored some seioulsy cool pictures. Some of the best of the year, I think. Especially since I broke my camera around New Years. Many vets, firends and family were still paying their respects when we got there. In a culture where anger is the only emotion displayed publicly, it was very moving to see tears in many people's eyes. Then a guy with an accordion started singing and dancing. He was 70, at least.
We also ran into the Tuckers but lost Noah in the crowd somehow. Later, back downtown, we heard large guns being fired and after lunch, decide to see if we could find them. We did, only they were covered with little boys. We also ran into the cleaning lady at our school (random) who said, "Look, it's kasha," holding up her plate, "For the holiday!" before wandering off again. Again, many cute pictures of old men and their medals.
The coup de grace was the traveling circus I might have mentioned seeing last friday. They were in the middle of it all. The featured act this time was this kid who did somersaults over broken glass, got picked up by his ears, had a little girl stand on his stomach while doing a back arch and did a funny monkey dance. I was facinated by running into this traveling troupe again, but Alana found it difficult to watch after a while.
Today? Banya and baseball. Dare I say... booyah.
Yesterday was a great day. Not because it went according to schedule (ha!) or expectations (double ha!), though.
Word was there was going to be a parade around 10am yesterday morning. I met Alana and Andrea downtown with Noah and wondered how the parade was going to navigate through all the morning traffic. Hmm...
We then walked to the Lenin statue because Lenin = good times. His pedastal had more flowers than usual, but no crowds and no veterans. Then we spen the next hour looking for the eternal flame on foot. On our way, we were passed by a few busses full of soldiers... aparently leaving the ceremony we were trying to see.
Once we got there Alana and I scored some seioulsy cool pictures. Some of the best of the year, I think. Especially since I broke my camera around New Years. Many vets, firends and family were still paying their respects when we got there. In a culture where anger is the only emotion displayed publicly, it was very moving to see tears in many people's eyes. Then a guy with an accordion started singing and dancing. He was 70, at least.
We also ran into the Tuckers but lost Noah in the crowd somehow. Later, back downtown, we heard large guns being fired and after lunch, decide to see if we could find them. We did, only they were covered with little boys. We also ran into the cleaning lady at our school (random) who said, "Look, it's kasha," holding up her plate, "For the holiday!" before wandering off again. Again, many cute pictures of old men and their medals.
The coup de grace was the traveling circus I might have mentioned seeing last friday. They were in the middle of it all. The featured act this time was this kid who did somersaults over broken glass, got picked up by his ears, had a little girl stand on his stomach while doing a back arch and did a funny monkey dance. I was facinated by running into this traveling troupe again, but Alana found it difficult to watch after a while.
Today? Banya and baseball. Dare I say... booyah.
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