Octobrrrrrrr!

October 07 – Brrrrr, it’s getting cold. Cam’s been studying for his Masters degree for a couple of months now and that means that every weekend has been full of books and studying and not to much of adventure. We finally had a free Saturday to do whatever we wanted and so we went to a park called Pavlosk. We took a local train out to the town on Pavlosk. The park was for the Tsar (empirical) family in Russia but was taken over by the Germans in World War II. It’s a very naturally landscaped park with hills and lots of trees and lakes and small palaces and hermitages around every corner. It was rainy when we were there but we didn’t care. On the way home we took a taxi-van called a “mashrutka” and got stuck in a traffic jam. Luckily for us our driver got his license while working on a safari and decided to take all 20 standing and sitting occupants off-road on the side of the highway to get around the back-up. This happens quite often and unlucky for you if you’re a pedestrian and the taxi driver decides to go on the sidewalk (Australian: footpath) to get around the traffic jam. In the end we got home and had a cup of hot cocoa and rested for the rest of the day. We plan on going back out there when it’s snowy.