End Credits

Thank You for Your Support

My wife, Jenevieve
Magdalena, Erin, and the rest of the staff at Georgetown
Bridget, Elena, and Natalia at the English Language Office
The other Russian Fellows: Sally, Stephanie, Danai, and Judy
The English Language Fellow community
Yulia, Nastia, Ana, and all the teachers at the ELC
Elena and the volunteers at the American Center
Our Russian teacher, Katya
Our American friends in Samara, Alison and Daniel
Ludmilla, Svetlana, Yevgeniya, and all the other supportive teachers in Samara
All the teachers who attended my seminars
Oksana and the Ministry of Education of Samara Oblast
All the generous hosts of all the wonderful cities we visited in Russia
All the students who took time to give us a tour of their cities
Our driver, Andre
My friend, Mikhail and his family

My Russian Sunset

My stay in Samara is setting
This picture was taken at 10:30pm
The sun rises around 4:30am.

The Lady and the Lion

In the land of the Kalmyks,
a lady met a stone lion.
Who has the bigger smile?

Romance on the River

Little did they know
That the kiss
Would turn them to stone

Sky Over Samara

One of the many things I will miss:
The magnificent views
Changing hourly outside my window

Happy Russia Day

June 12th is Russia Day!
Today celebrates Russia's independence
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Old Ship

Ships like these
Once sailed down the Volga
Now they are made of stone with hooligans on board