Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!!!

The Halloween party at the embassy last night was awesome. Ellen came over to get ready. I used rollers to curl my hair. It took forever, but I got my hair to be super curly - exactly what I wanted for my sailor pin-up girl costume. It was also really fun to play with fake eyelashes and red lipstick. I just wish I could wear it every day! It was pretty funny walking to the metro in our costumes. Some kids shouted "Halloween!!!!" and were really excited that we were dressed up, but I think everyone else thought we were crazy.

Me and Ellen in our costumes

Burger King!!

We got to the Halloween party around 9pm, but Elliot had to keep going outside to escort people. I felt really bad because our group got split up so it definitely took away from his time at the party, but everyone really appreciated it. Erin kept trying to get people to dance, but no one would dance for a long time. After a while, it got going pretty good. It was way fun to check out everyone's costumes. My favorites (after Monopoly man of course) were the Burger King, robot, and Fat Bastard costumes.

Elliot as the Monopoly man (after taking off the mustache)

Robot!!

After the party was over, we convinced Demoni to come out for the rest of the night. We headed over to Liga Pap and ate some delicious chicken sandwiches. I might like that place too much for my own good, but it's always so much fun!

Natasha, Demoni, and me at Liga

The metro ride home this morning at 6am was really entertaining. I got on the first train and everyone else who was out at Halloween parties was on the same train. There were tons of people in their costumes from the night before - way more than I had seen on the way to the Halloween party. It was a little odd to see people with creepy face paint and masks that early in the morning, but it was fun to see people having fun for a change.

After a few hours of sleep this morning, the group went on a Master and Margarita tour of Moscow. We saw a bunch of the places featured in the book and ended up at the Bulgokov museum. They had a huge black cat there that was supposed to be like the cat in the book, but it wasn't particularly friendly and they kept it in a little room that was hidden behind a fireplace. It was really funny when our guide opened up the wall and brought it out. She had to put it back fairly quickly because it didn't seem to like to be touched that much.

I came home for dinner and my host mom had made dinner for her friends. It was really good, and she even had juice! Russians don't seem to be as fond of juice as Americans, so a lot of the host families (mine included) don't have juice. It was really nice to have today, so maybe I'll ask her if we can keep having it.