Moscow Week 4!!

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Alejandro Romero

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I can’t believe I’ve been here a whole month already! I guess time truly flies when your having fun. This week was wonderful. Sunday I went on a picnic with some friends (Dima and the rest of his buddies from Edu.USA) to a nearby estate/park. It was Prikrasnaya (Amazingly beautiful)! Next week Dima invited a few of us to go visit his Dacha (Summer home) in a little town outside of Moscow. I can’t wait!

            This Week we also went to a theater downtown and Saw an amazing performance of traditional Russian folk dance. The coordination was so amazing it was  almost Scary.

It really made me feel cultured. On the way back from the performance we stopped by the first McDonalds built in Moscow, and grabbed a bite to eat. (Fast food restaurants down here are so fancy).

            I went downtown again to the red square area a few times this week and took more amazing pics. Finally towards the end of this week we went to a beautiful estate/palace that belonged to Katherine the great, and right across the street was a honey festival, in which we could sample all kinds of honey and honey related products.

Overall this week was great!

Alejandro Romero

My name is Alejandro Romero, but my friends call me Alex. I was born in Hialeah Miami, to a Costa Rican father and Puerto Rican mother. When I was young my parents divorced. I was raised primarily by my mother and my Irish-American step-father in Hollywood, FL. I have two younger siblings, a brother on my mother's side, and sister on my father's side. Growing up, English was my first language and Spanish was my secondary. In middle school, I had the wonderful opportunity of going to Costa Rica with my father. While I always had an interest in foreign languages and cultures ever since I was young, I was amazed with how different daily life was in another country. In high school, I became fascinated with the Japanese language and culture and started teaching myself before having the opportunity to take it as a class. I studied Japanese for 4 years before finally getting the opportunity to participate in a student exchange program in the summer of 2009. To this day, I say that was the greatest experience in my life, and it has allowed me to see the world in a different way. Recently I have fallen in love with the Russian language and culture and wish to pursue the same great experiences I had during my Japanese Studies. My goals in life are to use my skills of languages and cultures to help improve international relations, and change some of the misconceptions people have towards other cultures.