noun- the beautifully quaffed hair encompassing the periphery of the scalp of a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work. (Ex- see Friar Tuck.)
verb- unusual activity practiced during Schuster family functions; cause of origin: unknown
If you’re not a member of my immediate family, I realize that the aforementioned statements make absolutely no sense. Don’t worry about it. If it made sense to you, you would be a Schuster and then you’d have even bigger fish to fry haha.
However, I mention all of this because today we went to a monastery! Specifically the Sergiyev Posad, approximately an hour outside of Moscow by train. This is a major religious site for Russians; many pilgrimage there, as it is a very hallowed place. Today, Max, Marie, Dr. Katie McKee (our newest addition- our fabulous new teacher for the month of March), Maxime (from France), Miles and I made the journey to see what all the fuss was about. I’ll let the pictures tell you, but to say it was amazing wouldn’t do the day justice.
Katie,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! I love this place... would love more to have a picture of my students with a Tiger Rag with the backdrop of Sergiyev Pasod... ;-)
Too bad other classmates did not shoot some pictures here too? Thanks for posting!
Oh no! We actually took pictures with the tiger rag, however Marie lost her camera! She had the pictures :(... now they're gone. This just means that we'll have to go back!
ReplyDeleteKatie... I am glad you all tried. Can you please do me a favor and when you all go back, please use multiple cameras? I am pretty sure you will all go when Katie takes you to the Extension office that is just outside of Sergiev Posad. The backdrop of the monastery with you all in front, with the Tiger Rag would make one of the best pictures for recruitment and just in general... it would be REAL helpful in helping to continue this program. Thanks, Katie! ;-)
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