Taste of Zabaikalye 2018 Tour, No. 1
CHUCK RITCHIE WRITES: August 20, 2018. We are in to our second day in Irkutsk with our wonderful tour organizer Olga Kostina and our interpreter Irina Shipley and her protege Lyosha. Yesterday we toured...
Category: Visits to Russia
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 4 Petrovsk IA
Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky: First visit. Part A: Road and Recital We were five driving southwest to Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky from Chita at 8:30 the morning of August 3rd: Victor and Elena, Olga Fleshler, me, and Janna, a publicist...
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 3 Gorod Detstva
On Tuesday, July 31, I met the children and staff of the English Explorers language learners program of Gorod Detstva (City of Childhood Child Development Center). Originally, I was to teach at their summer...
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 2 A beautiful day and a surprising visit
A quick note about yesterday and today. Yesterday I was invited to Ksenia Shuvalova”s (“Ksyusha”) and her husband Dima’s dacha outside the village of Karpovka, 45 minutes from Chita, for a swim in the...
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 1 First days
I arrived in Chita on the morning of Thursday July 19th to grey, rainy skies and vast puddles in the roads from the airport to the city. It was sprinkling at the moment, but...
My summer in Chita – 1. City of Children
Hello from Chita, or more accurately, the KSK district about 12 km from the city center. I’ve taught several days now in the 3-week summer English program of the “City of Children” Child Development...
John Crust talks about his visit to Chita
I had never been a counselor at a summer camp, and I often felt I missed out on something special. When an opportunity came up to work at a camp, an inner voice told...
Marie in Chita 2
This trip is mostly about me being in the children’s classroom. Native English speakers are rare, especially in Siberia and just having me work with the children (and teachers) is extremely helpful for their...
Marie in Chita
After a few hiccups, and a lengthy visa process I have finally made it to Chita! It is gorgeous here, like Minnesota in the spring. I could see the dense evergreen forests as I...