соликамск (Solikamsk)

Our week was in a medium sized town called Solikamsk, famous for salt, churches and prisons. We came up in a bus and spent most of our time in the local rink or a church.

We started by touring some of the places near the rink. There were 3 Russian Orthodox churches and there were also some ice sculptures in the town as well, like big slides or ice and thrones and other interesting things there.

We coached three or four different teams, one of really little kids, two groups around 10-13 years old, and one older group of teenagers. We also had one game later on in the week.

We stayed in a few different places, me and 3 others stayed in a flat with a young couple named Andrey and Dasha. Andrey is a teacher of firearms for the department of internal affairs and his wife is going to school to be an english teacher. They were really great hosts and we really enjoyed staying with them.

Then throughout the week we went to different schools, one was a college for translators, and an elementry/junior high. One other teammate and I also went to another elementry/jr. High, while the rest of the team went to a different college.

I also got to run into a man named Dema, who drove me and my teammate to the school. He invited me out to Solikamsk in the summer and he might also be coming to Halifax as well.

So it was a very good week, we got a lot done, and had a lot of fun.

Arrivederci.