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Last night,
I had a lesson with a young man who is starting college in England next
week. He wants to see me every day to
brush up on his English. My director
said he is from “one of the three most influential families in Moscow.” Even though I was eagerly waiting for calls
from realtors about apartments, I left my phone at the reception area so it
wouldn’t interrupt us. I’m sure you can
predict what happened. I forgot the
phone when I left.
This
morning, I got up and ran around the Garden Ring to the office. The Ring is an 8-12 lane street that moves
around the center of Moscow. I ran on
the sidewalk, of course, which is actually quite far from the belching of the
cars, especially when you consider parked cars, construction, delivery
vehicles, etc.
It was much
more fun than running along the river to Gorky Park. I can’t figure myself out exactly. I like to say that I don’t like cities. I like to go camping, hiking, etc. But I get more enjoyment out of running along
the street than running through a leafy park with fresh air. What I liked most was running out onto the
street in front of cars waiting.
Oftentimes, I was able to run by a group of people standing on the
corner—also waiting. So everybody was
waiting, letting their cars idle, using gas, creating pollution and going
nowhere. I love the exhilarating feeling
of dashing across the street, leaving the cars to sit in their carbon-filled
cloud of disgust.
The office
was going to open at 9:00. After 4 1/2
miles, I was at the office. I could run
back, scurry like a rabbit, come BACK to the office and try to run around the
metro to my next meetings, or I could run some more and be back to the office
once it had opened. I did the second. Luckily, when I got back to the office at
8:51, Larisa had just arrived and when I opened the door, she held up my
phone. Very convenient.
I was
fortunate to run when it was not raining much.
Just some drops every now and then.
The rest of the day was totally wet.
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