THE THINGS I LEARNED IN RUSSIA

1. Not only is a mullet an acceptable hairstyle, it is considered cool.
2. Russians, both men and women, have the coolest eyes I’ve ever seen.
3. It is fine to have a kebab for breakfast.
4. It is fine to have a beer for breakfast.
5. A kebab and a beer make a well balanced, nutritious breakfast.
6. Drinking carbonated water for four days is really, really awful.
7. I am not tall and strong (as Japan led me to believe), but actually short and skinny (as Russia forced me to believe).
8. Moscow's Metro has the fastest moving/most dangerous escalators in the world.
9. Moscow has better sunsets than Mongolia.
10. Russia is very, very Russian.