
pr_volkov
- June 18th, 2007
Hello everybody!!!
Well. I gonna write this POST with mixtured languages. So-a, that person who won't understand me, h-m-m-m, try to do it : ). But I'll also use my homeland language in order to be polite to everyone : ) So, writing in English, I need it dudes, 'cuz I wanna speak, learn to speak English (american, may be unfortunatly, may be not ;O)) well. Okay, let's start up our trip!!!
June 1st, 7.10am (as I remember) - Home, Zelenograd city, Moscow, Russia. I woked up and was not sleepy as I had supposed to be the day before, cause of impression and waiting of the trip to the US. Did all necessary deals such as visiting the bath, kitchen, have done the mornin' exercises as well etc ;) After that I began to paking my clothes and all vital staff. So in the end, my entire package was consisted of:
1. Odna para dgins
2. Polotenze bol'woe i malen'koe
3. Britva
4. Milo
5. 3 futbolki (odna iz nix s korotkimi rukavami)
6. Vsyakoe borochlo
7. Bible.
So, it was everythig I took with me. I had no big suitcases, chemodanov i vsego takogo. I vsego lish vzyal s soboy moy snowboad rukzak : )
Up to 12am-pm we came to the SHEREMET"EVO 2. Dalee vsyakaya mutaten', svyazannaya s proxogdeniem customs itd itp. Koro4e before I boarded, I had spoken with my parents. They were really nerves. I tried to be calm, but I couldn't casue of condition of my parents. Sometimes the condition of personality of other people can really influence on you. But I didn't cry actually, just a little scary : ) Just imagine!!! 13 hour over land ahead!!! It's unstandable!!! I thought that I'll not do it, but I did.
The second name of our Boeing 787 pilot is KRILOV!!! : ) funny, yapp?! We flew up and it has began. Our destination is LA, CA. Our destination way goes not over the whole Atlantic Ocean, as I though it would be, but over Zelenograd ; ) - Tver' - Piter - Finland - Norvegiyu - Islandiyu - Grennlandiyu - Kanadu and USA up to LAX ( LOs AngEles Int. Airport ) No stops, no transfers!!! 13 hours in the air... I thought that I'll get crazy in that big bird. Let me say that the landscape, the view from the iliminators was verY...Very unbelivable and outstanding and just beautiful. But I didn't have my camera with. Mam told me to leave it home. "You'll buy there a new one, son!" she told me : )
SO. 4.40pm, LAX, LA/CA. WE landed. Prizemlenie bilo gestkim, ya zame4u. Xotya moget bit' ono pokazalos' mne takim potomu 4to ya davno ne prizemlyalsya, v smisle ne letal : )
Vixogu iz airporta i 4to ya vigu???!!! Thousand of Mexicans!!! Na tot moment ya podumal, 4to KRILOV nemnogko pereborwil i pereletel granizu : ) No net, eto bil LA. Poka ya letel, ya poznakomilsya s nekotorim koli4estvom ludey, tk ya ne mog usnut', ostavalos' tol' obwat'say : )) Mi viwli v zal ogodaniya. Bla-bla-bla. 4erez odin 1 moget 1.5 vse kogo ya videl razjexalis' kto kuda. Ostalsya tol'ko Georgiy i ya. Gera normal'nij 4el. Veselj i s nim bilo o 4em poboltat', tk kak nam predstoyalo soverwat' neveroyatnie vewi o kotorix vi usliwite (pro4tete) dalee.
LAX - eto ogromnaya maxina v vide podkovi s dvuxyarusnim dorognim pokritiem vokrug. Eto navernoe 3 nawix DOMODEDOVO. Ya absolutno ser'ezno. Sperva nugno bilo nayti telefon i obzvonit' blizkix 4tobi oni ne sowli s uma : ) Pozvonil. Moy zvonok viweb u menya $10. Ya bil v woke. Potom mi polezli iskat; I-net. Nawli. V airportu on gutko dorogoy. Ya zaplatil $5 za 8 minut wi-fi. Eto o4en' dorogo zdes', pover'te. Ya pisal pis'ma na skoruyu ruku latinizey, eto bilo gestko. Gera tak ge. Potom mi s nim razowlis' na kakoe-to vremya. On ostalsya za kompom, ya ge powel iskat' edu : )) FUCK! Nawel. NAROD!!! Eda u nix zdes' ..... Ya zaplotil $7.60 za kakuyu-to sirnuyu pizzu, kotoruyu ya uge terpet' i videt' ne mog posle 2-3 kuso4kov. El pizzu, tk nado bilo ekonomit', da i sey4as starayus. Ladno, poel, zapil zelenim 4aem, kotoriy okazalsya OKeynim i powel gulyat' po airport. Vremya bilo uge okolo 10pm. Tak kak California blizko k ekvatoru, zdes' temneet o4 rano. 10.20pm, o4en' xo4etsya spat'. U menya kul'turniy shok. Problema ne v Englishe, a prosto v tom 4to ya na drugoy stotone planeti bla-bla i vse takoe. Kto priedet, tot ispitaet, esli priedet odin : ) Koro4e, v airportu kak v ZOO, mogno vstreti' ludey so vsey planeti, ya ser'ezno. Xo4ew indusa - NA. Xo4em Argentinza - NA! Xo4ew togo - polu4i! U menya Gerka viletel iz golovi, ku4a misley, ya vigu kresla, xo4u sest'. Sogus', vrode bi na4inayu dremat', no ne polu4aetsa, boyus' za dokumenti i $.
4erez 30 min vstayu i idu kuda glaza gledyat. Vstre4ayu mentov i mne v golovu kradetsya misl', 4tobi oni poselili menya v kameru do zavrtrawnego utra ; )))) Ya ne znayu kak ya do etogo dodumalsya )) oni mne, "4uvak! ti 4ego? Von idi na kresle pospi" I mne perexotelos' spat'. Idu, podimayus' po eskolatoru i vigu Georgiya. Mi skooperirovalis' i na4ali tupo gulyat' po LAX. Vixodili na ulizu, zaxodili obratno. Tuda suda, tuda suda... million raz rebyat. Eto bilo sumaswestvie kakoe-to. Ya xo4u uvidet' vodu, OKEAN. Predlagayu etu idey Gere. On govorit "ya za, GO!" I mi powli, powli, powli.... Ya ne znya skol'ko mi wli, mnogo. No vixoda iz LAX, idya on foot mi ne nawli. Powli obratno v main HALL. Priwli, postoyali, potupili, viwli obratno. Podxodim k mentam. Oni govoryat ---> TUDA!!!! Mi powli. Koro4e blagodary 4-em poo4erednim param policemenov mi smogli viyti na highway, kotoriy v konze konzov privel nas na pobereg'e. Mi wli 4as s liwnim. Pewkom, po avtostrade, kot potom blavno oerewla v blvd i dalee v street.
Plyagi u nix o4en' xorowie, o4en'. Oni dage oxranyautsya. Mi sprawivali razreweniya 4tobi voyti na nego v stol' pozdniy 4as. Bilo okolo 1am, may be 2am. Koro4e no4'. Pesok xolodniy, voda gutko xolodnya. Ogromnyaya luna. Okenskiy veter, 4uvstvuetsya ego sila. Mi s Gergiem prostoyali okolo 4asa na plyagu dumaya o gizni i osoznavaya 4to proizowlo. Okean pomog mne izbavit'sya ot cultural shock. Y absolutno ser'ezno. Tam, na beregu bila neopisuemoy sili energetika. On zabral vse ploxoe. Mi powli obratno v LAX, bilo 3.45pm...
Mi vernulis' v LAX. LA o4en' bol'woy gorod, o4en'. LA - eto 3 Moskvi, ya absolutno ser'ezno. Bez koles zdes' ti kak bez ruk i bez nog. Nu, ne sovsem kone4no, no o4en' tyagelo.
Gergiy voobwe namerevaetsya v Las-Vegas. U nrgo tam JOB OFFER i vse dela. U menya ge zdes' poka ni4ego. Mi naxodim vixod na bus stop, sadimsya na bus (free), kotoriy vivozit nas na ogromniy bus park, otkuda edut vse bus po vsemu LA city.
Destination Gergiya - Down Town i dalee Vegas. Ya svoey zeli ne znayu i namerevayus' poexat' v Valley. Eto tak nazivaemiy rajon, gde naxodit's knyagestvo HOLLYWOOD. Mi sna4alo sadimsya na odin i tot ge bus. Nomer 42. Potom ya delayu tranfer na 323, kotoriy zanosit menya po ogromnoy ulize La Brea v West Hollywood, na Hollywood blvs 7095. Ya vixogu iz avtobusa i vigu odni zvezdi vpe4atannie v pliti. I ya govoru sebe... "Ewkin kot, da ya ge v LA"... To be continued.