The first signs of spring next to the entrance to our apartment building 
There's actually ground underneath! (I was beginning to doubt)
Our university. No snow!
Easter morning at our church. Yulia, Zhenya, Elmira, and me.
Russian Easter eggs
And pussy willow and Easter cake - two other spring traditions (unfortunately not as good as it looks)
Ringing the bells on Easter
People from our church
Milana - my little Russian sister
A typical Russian kithen table - cucumbers and tomatoes, crepes and honey and jam, cheese, pickles, and keks.
Another Russian food tradition - fermented mare's milk.
In the village ... my last few times!
Dressed and ready to start spring cleaning. The village budget doesn't include "grounds maintenance," so they use the school kids to clean up around the school and along the main road leading in and out of the village.
A visit to the little buiding behind the school (before the spring thaw)
kibet - "store" in Tatar.
Village mosque
One of the village wells
"gas"
Last sunset
