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Show rfJMI 9J PAGE 22 i V f ' T rV r T THE ZEPHYROCTOBER 89 A Russian Journal by Tina Kister Pav--t Were still only in Salt Lake. It still doesn't seem special Just feels like a trip to Salt Lake. Dav 7 It was a very new Yesterday we went to a Pioneer Camp out of Moscow. 14 to years old. I met two experience. The kids were a little young from 8 Natashas and two Anyas and a Kira. All of them seemed so beautifuL After room. Then we swimming, dinner and a soccer game, the girls showed me their was playing the held hands and went to the campfire. One young Russian boy love guitar and singing. It was the kind of scene that tears your heart out and you It beautiful was a was. he as as large it He played a guitar that was literally hand-carvold man as he sang. His voice a was shrunken He tiny, guitar. whined a sad song, and he kept his head low and his face hidden by the cap pulled over his eyes. He sang as if he was terribly tired of the enduring heartache and pain In his Hfe. I know it sounds dramatic, but that's how he was. like we are going anywhere Is Interesting People in many other parts of the world fear(fbr such great things; suppression, poverty, the basic freedoms that 1 so take for granted, and even their lives. I think about what my friends and I worry about Double chins, how awful we look In that picture, how we ate too much peanut butter and our tummies hurt It ed Pay3 Washington is a beautiful city. We are staying In the Thurston complex of the George Washington University, which is only 3 or 4 blocks from the White House. All of us were doing a little exploring and ended up at the White House. I asked everyone to get in a group in front of this bell, so I could have a picture. Just after I snapped it, this business-typ-e man walked up to me. He took the camera from me and said, "No, no, that's not how to take a picture. Here, you go up there with the group." He started to arrange us for the picture, all the while telling us how he was a photographer and loved Washington and was about to leave the country, but he just had to see the Capitol once more before he left so he'd left his home in Michigan that morning and had driven all day to get there and was leaving in the morning for Europe or somewhere, and on and on. He was pretty funny. I saw a few homeless. I wanted to take a picture but was too shy. It confuses me. I guess some people do choose that way of life, but so many are incapable of any other. Some are just not competent enough to care for themselves, are too young, or something. How can people be so oblivious to them? Another thing that bothers me is my reaction to black people. I see them so rarely in Moab, that I want to stare. I saw one beautiful black woman In the airport this morning and she caught me staring at her. It is too bad about Moab. It isn't that diverse racially. fiajLfi Last night four of us went to a Pink Floyd concert In Moscow. Right after we took our bags to the rooms. It was amazing. I was really tired though. I hadn't slept since we left Washington. I actually dozed off about three times. George and I kept trying to get down in front, but there were guards everywhere. On the way to the concert, we couldnt find a taxi but George finally flagged down this guy. All five of us piled Into this tiny car, with me splayed across everyone's lap. Then right In the middle of a bunch of traffic, his car broke down. Millions of cars are whizzing by, and drivers are honking and some are angry, some laughing. So George and I get out and push It until It starts. We ended up doing that about three times. Right now we are touring Moscow (Yack!) by bus. The only place we stopped was Lenins Tomb. All 200 os us waited In this huge line - 3 or 4 blocks long - wearing our obnoxious white shirts. The Ine did move quickly, however. As we moved through Red Square we could see a huge banner of Lenin. It is remarkable how much nationalistic propaganda there Is. Finally we come to the building of Lenins Tomb. On either side of the doorway Is a very stoic guard. One of them had sweat pouring, dripping down the side of his face, and he did not move. They were both standing very rigid with those huge spear tipped rifles. It was very intimidating. As soon as we passed them and entered the building, we were supposed to stop talking. I expected to see a gravestone with some eloquent epitaph, but instead we followed the line downstairs. The walls were marble and it was cool and dark. Suddenly we came around the corner and there was Lenin himself. He was dead, preserved in this big glass box. He looked a little swollen, but okay. It seemed so morbid. As we came out and passed the gravestones of some of the men who worked alongside Lenin, I felt almost angry. Here were these men who forced their way into power, sacrificing freedoms and lives of the people whom they had power over. But I don't know, communism's a great idea, its just not working M Remembering Lenin BaVLS Now . we are In Kalioin. It is already the best place so far. All of the people met us with unsolicited smiles which hasnt happened yet except with the kids. The people are dressed well, and the meal was the best so far. They even served chocolate Ice cream. Speaking of chocolate, Tanya and I totally porked on the Russian chocolate we bought in Moscow. I am still Now we are In the 'hotel. giddy and shaky from all the sugar. George came to our room and we did some yoga and he fixed Tanyas shoulder. Then I drew a flower on a piece of toilet paper, which Is perfect for chalk pastels. P9V-1- 3 Chrlspen and I went to Katyas house. They started everything with coffee and cake, then later served a tiny plate of dinner. 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