Jerel and I checked out of Moscow and are now in Cambridge/London for the week. Our multi-purpose trip includes work training for Jerel, visiting friends (Bronwyn/Trevor and Sarah), and visiting the Davises.
I wasn’t quite prepared for how good it would feel to be back in English speaking territory. I’m finding that the smallest things are bringing me surprisingly great joy - exchanging a knowing look with a fellow passenger on the tube when your neighbor is clearly acting strangely, overhearing snippits of conversation on the street, ordering a at a café with ease, and asking (and receiving) directions...
I have to admit that I feel relieved to be done with Moscow, and feel some how like a survivor. I’m glad to have experienced the “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, and have plenty of fond memories of Moscow, but at the same time, it was exhausting to be such an outsider and to constantly struggle to communicate with everyone around me. Stay tuned for some musings on what I will and will not miss about Moscow.
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