Marketplatz, Wurstfest, New Braunfels, Texas, 2008
Wurstfest is the Texas version of Oktoberfest that is held in New Braunfels, Texas each year during the first week of November. Olga, Asya, Irina, and Kate all attended the festival with us. It’s a fun place for an exchange student to absorb a little Texas culture. The two Muslim girls did not attend because (more…)
Categories: Culture · Exchange Students · Travel
Tagged: Asya, Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student, Food, Irina, Kate, Olga
Asya, Russian Federation, 2008
Asya has sent new pictures of herself and her daughter Sophia. Asya was an exchange student in the United States during the 1998-1999 school year. I really like the picture of Sophia…it looks like she is trying to mine for pickles.
Sophia, Russian Federation, 2008
Categories: Exchange Students · Family
Tagged: Asya, Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student, Russia
"Be Careful! Tea Kettles!", Tea Kettle Museum, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russian Federation, June 2008
In the Golden Ring north of Moscow, outside of Pereslavl-Zalessky where Alexander Nevsky was born, and near Lake Pleshcheyevo on which a young Peter the Great sailed his boats, is located the funky little Tea Kettle Museum. (more…)
Categories: Culture · Family · Travel
Tagged: Asya, Food, Golden Ring, Olga, Russia, Shadi
