Here in Ulan-Ude (that’s Eastern Siberia) it’s 30-40 degrees below zero and we think that this year’s winter is quite mild, and I suddenly found myself in a real paradise, where it’s the best mushroom season, all kinds of fruit trees are bearing fruit (I haven’t even heard of many of the names) and the vegetables on the shelves are all fresh, straight from the garden.
All this time I was looked after by a wonderful person named Olenka Shestakova, starting with the meeting at the airport at 01:00. nights, arrangement of all household issues, and the cultural program is beyond praise, considering Olga’s broad outlook, knowledge of languages and the presence of a huge number of historical monuments, of which there are an incredible number on this piece of land (they are literally stuffed all around – both the land, and the water, and the air) and ending with seeing off at the same airport at 7 a.m. in 4 days.
A ton of impressions and everything is simply superlative, I am simply enchanted and fell in love with this place and these people, who in such a short time turned my attitude to the quality of life upside down!
I am infinitely grateful to fate for meeting the management and managers of the company Seven Elephants, true enthusiasts of their educational work. These amazing people infected me with their attitude towards complete strangers, towards arranging their future life in a new status and in a new place. I can write about this endlessly.
And once again, thank YOU very much!!!!