another day, more waiting.
but hey, merry christmas everyone! the date stamp says 1/6, but right now over here it's 1/7, or rather 7/1. which is like 12/25 (or 25/12) for the orthodoxly inclined. no, not that orthodox.
before we left, i heard that new years day was the big kahoona of holidays here and that january 7th was something that was just celebrated by the russian orthodox believers. but people seem to be treating this as a holiday. the internet cafe opened late this morning (the horror). for lack of a better idea, we were going to hike out to the big mall they call the "small" today. but hey, even a walk through a holiday-shuttered ghost town is better than no plan at all.
