Diary of a Language Freak

Russia(n) – 2 | HUMAN EXPERIENCES are what makes everything DIFFERENT


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The first weekend, I had one of the sweetest moments ever. I went to the center to explore a bit. I went walking in the Gardens located right outside the Kremlin, called Alexandrovsky Sad.

It’s a small park with a long marble monument to commemorate the battles of the Second World War. People often took pictures in front of it.

At a certain point, two quite old ladies asked me to take a picture of them. I did what I had to, and we left each other. However, some minutes later, I came across them again, and they asked me if I wanted a picture too.

I accepted the offer, gave them my phone and immediately one of them said: “But it’s not in Russian!”.

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Diary of a Language FreakBy Chiara Maggi