There's no place like home

Our last few days in Orion were spent having three last lessons with the 4th form (we thought the last one was on Friday, but then we had one on Saturday, which we thought was the last one, but then we had another one on Sunday!). We made crafts for the first last lesson, then we watched Mulan for the second last lesson, and then we watched My Neighbour Totoro for the actual last lesson.

We also did a lot of washing up as there were lots of guests staying in the village over the weekend.
We had one last trip to the shop to buy some beer etc for our final night, and watched Fright Night (worth it for Colin Farrell and David Tennant), Dead Heads (pretty silly but oddly enjoyable) and the Muppets’ Christmas Carol, which I haven’t seen in years.

Yesterday, our last morning in Orion, it snowed, so we have some nice photos. We also got lots of thank yous, hugs, and cards, which was all really nice – they clearly really appreciated the work we’d put in over the past three months.



The tiny guest house!


Our house in the snow

We left the village at midday, and our flight was supposed to be at 5:50, although it was a bit delayed, so we got back to the UK at about 6:15 UK time (10:16 Russian time).

And that is the first part of my year abroad done!

Thanks for reading.