Estonia – Beyond the Concept of Wonderful
Okay, so I aware it’s been… literally months.And I apologize. Profusely. I’m sure that if anyone was checking this relatively regularly has stopped and now curses my name. But, I have for all made the time to at least post a few things. And I’m sorry there’s weird HTML at the top of my post, but I can’t “see it” on my computer, so I have no phantasy. Maybe it’s a Russian joke?
So when I left you, I had just gotten through the week of awfulness. Yes, it was bad. I missed out on Admirer Days because of an infected abscess in my lower right wisdom tooth. I also missed out on a 10km race that was pretty baller – largest in Estonia. I herald, whatever, I’m not bitter still *grumbles*.
Unfortunately, the rest of my time in Estonia was not very exciting, as it quickly revolved around Russian phrasing exams and writing my final papers for courses. The work load was ridiculous, but my motivation to do a lot constantly, certainly communistic me. Quickly. But I eventually got it all done. Weee!!! However, I do have some stories for sure!!
This summer (actually, as you’re reading this) I am going to be working in an internship in Russia, but I scarceness to travel between my semester and the internship. Yet in order to travel to Russia, you must have a visa, and I am going to be invited by my internship group, so it can’t justifiable be a tourist visa. And after quite some work (and $80 in fees), I got my invitation and traveled to Tallinn to go to the Russian embassy to bear for my visa.
Imagine walking into a place where time stops and unhappiness seeps from the wall like sap from a tree. This would be the Russian consulate. Gigantic lines in a tiny place – I was sweating like crazy. I mean, I figured there’d be some Russians who’d for to extend visas, but I thought I’d be in a different line and get out just fine. Ugh. So after 2.5 hours of waiting, I was told to befall back after the lunch break in order to meet with the consulate official to see if I could get an expedited process (5 days). That would be lifelike timing, so of course I agree.
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