get me your address

I am all packed for Russia! Everything is stuffed into one suitcase and one backpack. I will leave tomorrow morning: Albany to JFK where I'll meet the group, then to Helsinki, Finland, then to St. Petersburg. The only sad part is that our layover in Helsinki is only an hour...I was hoping to wander around a bit and maybe interact with some Finns. Maybe some other time.

I expect that for the next eight weeks, my blog will be much more interesting than it usually is!

I will write regularly, but I'm not sure what the internet situation will be. So if I don't have internet, I'll just keep writing and post all at once when I get a chance. I'll also bring my camera and post some of the good pictures on here.

If you haven't already, get me your address! I intend to write lots and lots of postcards, so if you send me your summer address, you will definitely get a postcard (or ten) in return.

As a point of interest, here is the weather in St. Petersburg for the next little while!

Clearly I don't feel like going to bed, even though I'm supposed to get up early tomorrow. My two bags are packed, zipped, and set, but I've allocated a generous amount of time to remember the things that I forgot to pack.