Today was Gosha's turn to babysit me. Since he is the last, I wonder who will get the job tomorrow? Today, Gosha's backup was his wife Eva, his mother and Eva's sister, who is studying to be a translator.
Either way, it was a good day, despite the weather's turn back to rainy and cold. I forgot my camera back at the hotel, so I got no picture, but Eva took some, so hopefully I can get a link to those and update. We had a nice lunch at a place that had a lot of Asian type dishes in addition to some Russian ones. I had some Уха, fish soup, and some kind of chicken stir-fry dish. It was tasty. Eva insisted that I have some Blini as well.
After we picked up Eva's sister, we went to the Fine Arts Museum. There were 4 exhibits. One was a very famous Russian painter who painted these in the last 15 years. I failed to write his name down. Even if his paintings were a little dark, he still had a good eye for light. Another exhibit was a photographer who had a set of photos of Lake Baikal taken at the frozen surface, and deep below. The third was another group of paintings, a little older than the others. The fourth was a large set of 400 year old Icons painted on some sort of wood surfaces. They tried to explain to me what the wooden surfaces were, but it never sank in.
Next on the trip, we drove out to Gosha's mother's dacha. A dacha is a little farm house that a lot of the apartment dwelling city folk keep, so that they can drive out and have a small plot to grow flowers and vegetables. The farm house was small, but functional, and it had a couple of acres of rich looking soil with already the beginnings of some things growing.
Driving back to town, they were shocked that I did not know what a 5D movie was, so we went to go see one. Basically, it's like a stationary Disney ride, that has a bank of 4 seats that hydraulically can get moved around and shaken, a large 3D movie screen (with glasses), and some extra sensory input, like fogs, and sprays of water, and some little brushes behind your legs. The movie itself was like something out of Quake. A simulated theme park roller coaster with Monsters jumping at you and other obstacles.
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