First Post for Russia 2010!

Well, here's the first post for my next trip to Russia with CCUSA.  I got my placements the other day, however I'm still unsure which camp I will be going to first.  I'm pretty sure this is my itinerary for the summer:

June 4-11: Week in Kiev
June 8-10: Three day tour to Chernobyl and Pripyat
June 11-13: Moscow Orientation
June 14 - July 10: Cherepovets (in-city camp and Искра 'The Spark')
July 12 - August 9: Tyumen (Rebyachya Respublika)
August 11: Flight back to the US

Kiev/Chernobyl
The planning for this started back in February and is the final result of many letters in Russian written to the Director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station.  There's a total of four of us.  Two days will be spent outside the facilities and in the abandoned town of Pripyat.  The third day we will be visiting places inside the facility.. more on that to come later.  Aside from Chernobyl, I'm excited to visit Kiev and check out a new country!

Cherepovets
This is the first place I went last year.  I think I'll have a week in the in-city camp.  Then we'll move to the out-of-city camp.  Last year we went to Zhemchuzhina Mologi.  This year, we're going to Iskra aka 'The Spark'.  Like last year, I'm the only CCUSA participant going here.  I'm really excited for this because I've been keeping contact with counselors and kids from the camp and I'll get to see a lot of them again!

Tyumen
I'm returning to Rebyachka again with a girl from the UK.  Again, I've kept in contact with a lot of people from here, so I'm naturally excited to return and see them all again.

more to come soon!

8 days until Kiev
15 days until Russia