Day 10 - St Pete

 We woke up to another warm and beautiful Sunday!  Had blueberries in our pancakes!  And got ready for church.

 The outside of their church.

 It was the last week for the summer students so they had a translator for the sermon, which was Jesus telling his disciples to follow him and the first place they went was back home.  They also had four give testimonies and a prayer of blessing for them returning.

 We left church and went to a fancy Chinese restaurant, with blonde servers, I thought that funny.  We ate a ton and for the first time had to ask for ice as they gave us not cold bottles of Coke Lite.  From here we went souvenir shopping, just a big strip mall with things priced in Euros, the outdoor market was closed for remodeling so it wasn't a fun experience just things we had to do :)

Back at the apartment, the guys left to go to the Banya (see below).  And we cleaned the house for a Frozen party!  The kids had gone down to the playground with one of the students and I joined them, there was a Russian boy who was super cute and a little annoyed that the kids couldn't speak to him.  When one of the Russian friends came he said to her-English?  She spoke to him in Russian and he said-Finally!  And then poured out a ton to her which she translated to say that he was playing war with a walkie talkie rock and it was Russia vs. USA!
The summer students invited their friends and they brought snacks and did nails and watched Disney Frozen, it was several of their first time to see it while others of us sang along.  We then chatted and enjoyed hanging out.

This is a banya, its kinda like a sauna or Turkish bath, and it makes Russian strong going from the hot sauna into the cold pool and back and forth.  There was also a sitting area.  There was a Brazil soccer team doing some camps who came, along with the US summer students and an assortment of guys living in St. Pete.  They had a good time.