Around the World...and then some

Last night, I saw the Bolshoi Ballet for under a buck

Yes, yes I did. I saw the Bolshoi Ballet, quite possibly the most famous ballet company in the world, do Carmen. And I paid 20 rubles. Sadly, the Bolshoi Theater itself is under reconstruction for at least a year, but the company is still performing at another, smaller theater right next door. If you go to any performance about 2 hours in advance and show your student ID, you can get tickets for 20 rubles (and 26 rubles = a dollar, so now you understand !!). Unfortunately, you are then stuck standing in the balcony, but if you get lucky, as we did, you can usually get a seat by the second act. It was absolutely unbelievable! I had never seen Carmen before, but I definitely knew the music, and I pretty much fell in love with the ballet. It was amazing and so much fun, and we're definitely, definitely going to do this more often now. :)

In other news, today is Friday the 13th. Irina Ivanovna informed this morning that this means before you leave the house, you have to look into the mirror and say:

Ангел мой, поидём со мной.
Ты в передний, я за тобой.

Which, roughly translated, except it rhymes and sounds pretty in Russian, is:

My angel, come along with me.
You go in front, and I'll follow behind.


I'll let you know if it worked...

posted by Becky @ 3:30 AM