30 Minutes at McDonalds

I am currently stealing Wifi at a McDonalds in Moscow. I ate the first BigMac of my life. I feel gross now. But anyway, I only have 30 minutes of Wifi, which means I can only do a small update.

I really want to tell you guys about Victory Day. And I will. But you'll have to wait. I don't have enough time to type it up, and I can't do it for a few days because tonight I'm leaving for St. Petersburg. Which means that you will have to wait for-freaking-ever for a giant update about a whole bunch of crap. And I will have a ton of photos up soon, too.

So. Sorry!!!!!!!

Edit:
Here is what I have managed to squeeze in about Victory Day weekend.

Remember my Uzbek friend, Farkukh? Well, a bunch of decided to invite Farukh to a Papa John's in Russia, since he had only had pizza once before in his life. And it was Russian pizza, which is a no-no. He ended up loving pizza, and this was probably the nicest Papa John's I've ever been in. It is like a sit-down restaurant.

Perhaps you've noticed I'm eating a lot of American food. That is because Russian food is so bland, it has negative flavor. It actually sucks flavor away out of other, nearby things. Adam from my group was sent some Tabasco from his mom. It was like a gift from heaven. We put it on our potatoes and everything at lunch and... we cashed a third of the bottle in one sitting. Oh my God, though, it was so nice to taste spice again.

On Victory Day itself, I saw the most. Insane. Parade. Victory Day has replaced the old Soviet May Day celebrations by the parade back a week and making it about winning World War II, or The Great Patriotic War as it is known here. The other Patriotic War they fought was against Napoleon. So this parade. Well first off, the weather was heavenly. HEAVENLY. It was like 79º out, which felt so good. And there were airplanes. And tanks. And it was insane. You'll see pictures, once I have a chance to upload them. All these promises I make. Hold me to my word.

Ok crap, I have to go. I'll update you after Petersburg!