What is summer like in Tomsk? On the one hand, it is the pleasure of strolling past old, ornate wooden buildings, the shy smile of a local Tomchik who has never met an American before, the refreshing taste of kvas on the way home from a long day at school, and the stillness of a city still asleep in the early morning hours (that's when I like to run from my apartment to "Lagerny Sad", a park that overlooks the River Tom).
On the other hand, it is also the traffic jams on Prospekt Lenina, an overwhelming presence of body odor, and the constant struggle of living with bugs.
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Ah, the body odor! I have forgotten that it was ever-present there... You know, Americans are such clean-freakz :P
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a member of the US Air Force, we referred to the fragrance as Naked Ape Perfume.
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