Well. What an afternoon. First, there was the lecture on Russian Electoral Reforms by a visiting professor from the University of Florida. Interesting, but it was a tad dry for me... Actually, someone in the crowd asked the lecturer a question and I understood neither the question nor the answer.
Then there was Russian Language 101 for almost two hours...
The pace picked up for the last lecture on cultural trends. Then there was a "wine and cheese" reception from 5-6pm (really). I had the opportunity to yak with the Russian lecturer who did the language/culture topics-- she is very nice and was amazed to hear that Russian is being taught in high school in Texas.
This was followed by a mass migration to some place called Murphy's for dinner. Now it's 8pm and I'm about to retire for the evening. What a party animal am I.
Tomorrow we have lectures into the after-dinner hours... The docket looks interesting enough. I'll let you know.
Until then...
Poka!
