Backwards

The day I get used to this place, is the day I need to leave. Everything is so backwards here. The term efficiency must be an unknown concept to them.

Sitting down on anything other than a chair in public is looked down upon, but half the people you see are drunk, were drunk or will be drunk within a a span of 24 hours. Alcohol is like their water. If you didn't know, alcohol dehydrates you, meaning it makes you more thirsty. When they get thirsty, they drink more alcohol. I guess it works, because after awhile, they forget that they're thirsty. They must also forget about the whole liver thing too. Its amazing because they walk around everywhere, in blistering temperatures, and don't drink water.

I hear random car screeches every now and then. Probably from people trying to avoid an accident because of the lack of traffic laws. Every now and then, it doesn't work. Like the guy on a motercycle that got owned by a car the other day. Our guide made us keep walking, like it was no big deal. It must be a common occurance here.

Everyone is really skinny. Poverty is the best diet. You see more homeless dogs than homeless people, because people feed the homeless dogs, but not the homeless people, so they just die.
There are 4 rubles in 100 dollars, .04 rubles in every dollar, and 100 kopecks (cents) in every ruble. It costs more money to make the kopecks than the actual kopecks are worth. Kinda like the situation with the penny, in a much more exaggerated fashion.

Their days end around noon, assuming its started already. Afterwards, they go swimming in the Volga river, drink, walk around town, drink, get together with some friends, and drink some more. I don't know how the economoy works.

I pray to God that I don't get used to this anytime soon.