Spring, Finally

Today leaves started growing on trees which I haven't seen ever since I got here, and it makes Moscow look entirely different. I've started taking walks regularly now that I can actually go around without it being too cold to walk for a long time. I explored a little bit of the area north of the university, which I haven't been to as much as the south and west of the city, and had an interesting conversation about Russia's status as a second world country. Looking back there were a lot of things I had to adjust to that I don't notice anymore, but now that I'm starting to think about going home I've realized just how different Russia is from the US.