Greetings!

So, this one time I arrived in Moscow after a day long trip from Perm’. As usual, it was quite the trip and I had become somewhat acquainted with my fellow travelers. However upon disembarkment into the biggest city in geographical Europe, it’s pretty much a given that you never expect to see those people again. I mean, there’s about 10 million people that live in Moscow City. The metropolitan area puts the population upwards of 20 million. Anyway, about half the day passes and I found myself on an escalator going down into the depths of the the Marble Palace most people refer to as “The Moscow Metro” and who passes me but one of my traveling comrades. As he runs past me he yells out Круглая земля, но!, Which can basically be translated as “Small world, eh?

I have this weird habit of bumping into people I know in Moscow. This other time I was in a different station of the Marble Palace waiting for a friend (Max) when out of no where walked another friend (Vladimir). Granted, we were both told to be there to meet up with Max. It was just that neither of us knew the other was going to be there; or in Moscow for that matter. The last time we had seen each other was in Houghton, NY. Then there was this time I was seeing off some friends at Sheremetyevo II (Moscow’s big old international airport) when another friend of mine, Natalia, was standing in the baggage control line right in front of me. Neither of these people are even from Moscow.

Why on earth did I even tell this story? Oh yeah, I wanted to say something like, “the world is getting smaller but because I probably won’t bump into you in Moscow I’ll try to keep this blog updated regularly so you will know what’s going on in Tuva!” I mean, if I ever do bump into you in Moscow, that’s an added bonus.

Blessings,

-Scott