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Dear Sir or Madam,
 Warmest
May greetings from Peter and EducaCentre. May in Russia is known for
bird cherry tree blossom, holidays, love at the first sight, and good weather.
What else does one need to feel absolutely happy? That's what we wanted to share with you in
our newsletter.
Russian Lessons from Peter
Or how not to get lost in St.Petersburg:
Today we are going to speak about something really
important. Well, I don't mean to say that everything that you've learned
before is unimportant. But there is one thing that can never be neglected. FOOD.
Do you know what it is like to die of hunger. I didn't know either. But one time...
I went to see the "Cinderella" ballet
premiere at Mariinsky with a girl I met a little while ago. The
ballet was cool. But it made me real hungry. Well, it wasn't exactly the
ballet that made me hungry, I just hadn't had a chance to eat for a whole
day. What could be more logical to do than to go to a nice
restaurant after the performance. That's what I thought. Apparently, my date had
a different idea. She wanted to take a little walk along the streets, and
then walk and walk and walk... And I was getting more and more hungry each
minute. I thought I was going to starve to death. But I couldn't explain
that all I wanted was to stop by a cafe and get some food. I was so happy to finally get home. My dear
little fridge! I had never loved you that much before.
So if you are starving or even just a little hungry, say "Ya khachyu
kushat'
" or "Ya goladen". Both these
expressions mean "I am hungry". By the
way, if you are thirsty, say "Ya khachyu peet'
" (stands for the English "I am thirsty").
And if you want to invite someone to eat out instead of spend your
evening on the streets, you can say "Paydyomte v reestaran"
(means "Let's go to a restaurant") or "Paydyomte v
kafe" (means "Let's go to a cafe"),
depending on what kind of place you prefer. And that's it! Just enjoy the
food.
Next time, I'll teach you what to say in a restaurant, so more Russian lessons in our future Newsletters!
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What's
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HOT!!! "White Nights Russian"
- June 9th through June 23rd.
It's "hot" not because they moved all Russian classes
to the night time, don't worry. The classes are still in the
mornings and the nights are left for you to explore the city. They
were thinking of making it a super-intensive 24 hour course because
the sun would be out at nights, thus students wouldn't need to
sleep. But then they all agreed nights should be for fun, like exploring
the city, and all.
No! to night classes, and, yes! to a life-time vacation. Come to
St.Petersburg during the most beautiful time of year and have two weeks of General
Russian, host family accommodation, visa support,
airport transfers,
"white nights" party on a boat, sailing along the
Neva river, and a visit to the most famous Saint Petersburg brewery
"Baltica" - only US$750! Click
here to learn more!
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Brain Ring Championship of
EducaCentre
For the first time this year, the students of
Russian language are invited to compete with the Russian students of
English at the "Brain Ring Championship". One of
the most popular games in Russia, Brain
Ring, is the quiz for teams of 5-6 people. During the
competition general quiz questions are presented to the team and they have
about 1 minute to come up with the answer. No need to know
everything. Brain-storming and communication within the team is the
key to success. The competition
will be held in English
If you are here in June,
you are very welcome to participate. If you have more questions about
this game, feel free to ask Lena, the winner of Russian National Championship,
Head of English Studies of EducaCentre at brain-ring@educacenre.net. Oh,
and if you are here on May 24th, 2002, you are welcome to come to
the competition too!
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Last chance to join Beginner groups on June 3rd,
June 10th and July 1st!
This news is for all "I would love to learn
Russian some day" people. Don't dream, just start now! If your
vacation is getting really close and you haven't decided what to do
yet, here is something for you. Absolute
Beginner groups are starting on
June 3rd, June 17th and July 1st at
EducaCentre. So have a great trip to St.Petersburg,
experience living
with a Russian family, meet other students from all over the world, party, and, on top of everything, have
4 lessons of Russian each day. Any length of time, from one week up to one year.
Just e-mail rus@educacentre.net
and join the group!
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This month in
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The "Black square" return. It was the big news
here. The Hermitage has just purchased the "Black square" (1913) by
Kazimir Malevich. The painting is going to be the basis of the XXth century
collection along with the "Composition#6" by Kandinsky,
the "Dance
and Music" by Matisse and the "Three Graces" by
Picasso. I better go have a look now, before it gets too busy in the
Hermitage.
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It's getting close. One of the main attraction of
Saint Petersburg. Just like me, you must have heard of it so many
times! Have you guessed? It's the
"White nights", of course. Even now nights are getting
really short. In less than a month, we'll be walking in the
streets through the night without even knowing it's time to go to
bed.
Can't wait till I can also take a boat and sail
along the Neva river all night long... My first time in the
white nights, you know.
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End of May. This is when everything starts. With
the second Petersburg International Carnival on May 25th.
Me and my friends are already preparing our carnival costumes.
Going to be "The Simpsons". The only problem that I can't decide
where to go. Stay in the city centre, in the middle of crazy dancing,
ice-cream eating and other festivities or see the opening of
fountains in the "Peterhof". I kind of want to
see both... Hydrofoil could be a good solution, I guess.
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June is a good month for theatre lovers. No time
to eat, sleep, go out. Only kidding. Some time will be left of
course. But not much because for the whole month, from May 31 through
June 30 the
X International festival on arts "White Nights Stars" will
be bringing the most famous opera and ballet performances to the Mariinsky Theatre.
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It's a good month for water sports lovers too. Everyone gets
something fun! Unless you like both, just like me... My friends keep
telling me that I need to devote a lot more time to sports because
I've been eating so much the whole winter. I think I'm now going to
start training for the Saint Petersburg Rowing Slalom that
is taking place on May 24th - 26th on the Vuoksa
river by Losevo town (about one hour away from Saint
Petersburg). We are not professionals but they promised there will be
a place for everyone!
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In fact, almost every community is trying to take
advantage of the white nights and finally get together. It's
probably because they can see each other better, who knows. Anyway,
on May 26th for the the first time "White Nights of St.
Petersburg" International Motorcycle Festival will be held on the Vasilevsky Island
Point. A vast display by the stunt riders and daredevils from the
"Risk" club is expected; there will also be a gala concert, a
bikers fashion show and a performance by the Russian national motorcycle trials team.
This time I am only watching.
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Yoo-Hoo! Beer rivers in Saint Petersburg! For the sixth
time now, all major beer companies of Russia come to Saint
Petersburg for the Beer Festival. The whole city centre is
given to the beer companies and beer lovers. All sorts of beer, bands
playing all round the city, people dancing... Just have to wait until June
8th.
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Coming soon!!! City 299th
Anniversary on May 27th. Only 12 months left until
the Saint Petersburg 300th Anniversary, the biggest event of
the coming year.
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!!! See you next month with my new stories !!! |
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Our best wishes for
this month.
Peter,
EducaCentre/Russian St.Petersburg Tours Team
e-mail : travel@educacentre.net
Web : www.educacentre.net
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