When we arrived, it was hard not to be taken aback by the eerie beauty of the piles and piles of white, crystal snow.
Spring come around and it was surprising to just see a flower surviving in Russia.
Summer caught us completely off-guard by being so hot that people could suntan in the parks.
But autumn...I have to say that this is, for me, possibly the best so far. The colour of the leaves just makes life feel like I'm living in a postcard.
We've had some fun activities lately which are worth reporting on. The last two weekends were spent with a collection of people from various countries supporting rugby at an Irish Bar called Katie O Sheas. We sported our green, took up an entire area of the bar and generally made a lot of noise and drove our waitress crazy. That was fun. It's truly incredible meeting so many different people, not necessarily South Africans, who have somehow in their lives ended up here in Moscow. These are the stories I love most.
Dean Kriel comes with adventures and so I was lucky enough to be invited to join him to watch one of the Cirque de Solei productions which was Cirque Eloize ID. It was hip-hop dancing meets the circus and it was possibly the most extraordinary thing I have ever seen in my little life. People that look like they are made of rubber doing things that are near impossible to believe are real and yet, it's there in front of your eyes. Here's a small taste of what I saw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMu7kVwq_H4
Saturday night was spent watching a spectacular lights show that was projected onto the Bolshoi Theatre. The amount of work and attention to detail that went into the whole thing was so impressive. The hundreds of people that stood in the streets and watched these displays must have been extremely rewarding for the people who created the images and the months of work that must have gone into it must have finally paid off.
To round up a really awesome weekend I got to spend the day with my other big brother. He and Geoff used to have hours of fun spying on me while I played dress up with my dolls and today Dan became my dress up doll when we went shopping for his winter clothes. I was once again completely surprised at my brothers lack of protest at my suggestion of outfits and then when I found myself at the hairdresser watching my brothers hair getting blow dried, I could not stifle my giggles. Brownie points to the very nice hairdresser who cut my brothers hair in the most meticulous way I have ever seen hair being cut but unfortunately there was no running away for him once she pulled out that hairdryer. Shopping, Hair do and lunch together. It was probably the girliest day I've had in a while and it was spent with my big brother.
Every now and then we need reminders in life of how lucky we are- to be where we are, to have the friends and the family we do, to have the opportunities we have, to be who we are...these last few have definitely done that for me
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