Well, chill the vodka. Moscow it is.
At first we were shocked, in spite of it being number two on our bid list. "How did it end up as number two on our list?" Peter asks me. We can’t stop talking about ballet and salmon and sturgeon and snow and mushrooms and palaces and walks in the forest. Camille is campaigning hard for the Anglo-American school, Stefan says he doesn’t want to go to school at all.
But what will you knit first?!
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I am so excited for you!
Ana may get to visit this year, but I will def. visit in MOSCOW!!!!! How cool is that?!
Vodka, Mushrooming, and Ballet. Couldn’t get better.:)
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What a great headline! And how exciting! You know I was pulling for Quito, but hey I’ll come visit you in Moscow anyway! You guys have legendary luck!
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Well congratulations!!! Into the freezer is right! Also “into the belly of the Beast,” so to speak, You must be so excited!
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Moscow. Russia! It’s so exciting I can hardly stand it. It will be so so different. I can’t wait to hear how everyone adjusts. But it’s not for a long time. Soak up that Sahel sun while you have the chance!!
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Mother Russia! hope to see you there. Come to think of it how did you come up with your bid list? Darts or was it spears. Smart on the part of the state dept. use Peet’s rooski skills.
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Hope for global warming! What a change of latitude! I want to know what was first on the list? Sign me up for June 2009:) I always wanted to visti St. Petersburg.
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What an adventure!!! Are we the authors of our fate or are we bit players in this big drama we call life? What fun!!!
Kathy and fam.
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Hi guys, How very exciting. Of course we wanted Tokyo, but you’re getting warmer, um, colder, but warmer. At least this is a direct flight, and a little more possible.
When do you move?
Ciao, Clay
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Wow, congrats! You’ll have a blast.
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Will you be living on the US Embassy compound? Have you been a US-style house/neighborhood in Africa? The US Embassy is quite nice. It can get a little too close for comfort, though… Camille might actually enjoy being at the lycee instead of at AAS. You’re with your classmates for the whole commute, at school, and then you basically live with them… That being said, if you make a good friend, that would be divine! The International School on Krilatskoe is also excellent. Will you be coming for a “look see” before actually moving? When do you get here?
I see how much you enjoy literature; you’ll have a couple nice book clubs to choose from 🙂
I also saw in your doll posting that you’re in the AWO there. The AWO is strong here, too. I personally preferred doing stuff with the French women because they were a more diverse bunch and they have a general attitude of, “Wow! Let’s learn all we can about this country/language and get everything we can out of this experience!” as opposed to the “Life is so hard here/we’re just getting through it until we can get back to America or somewhere better than here” attitude that many (but certainly not all!!!!!!!) of the American women I’ve met here seem to have.
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twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?" 
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