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A walk through my day....

These are the keys I use to get into my apartment. The black one is some kind of magnet that opens the formidable red door to the hall I live in, then the other two get me in our front door.
Walking to the primary school.

The almost perpetual puddle in front of my building. If it has rained in the past 5 days, there is water there. It varies in size. The playground at the primary school.

Outside of the primary school.

The kitchen at the primary school. They feed as many of us as are there every school day. Lunch consists of bread, water, soup, some kind of meat, and sometimes potatoes or beets or apples.
The road by the primary school, which I walk by to get home. This is 5 minutes from my house, but I don't teach here.

This is Bolshivikov, the street the Head Teacher lives on, and the one I walk down to get to the Metro at least every other day.
Walking down Bolshivikov more....
The Head Teacher's apartment building. Everyone in the cities lives in apartment buildings, but many have dachas, or summer homes, outside of the city.
More Bolshivikov.....

In my home airport, Frankfurt...I think Lufthansa is the best airline... And the view of Portland from the plane when I took off...