Now that I’m back in America, it’s time to fill in the gaps of my nearly nine months in Aleppo. This will take some time. I’m also supposed to be preparing for my thesis defense next month and getting ready to move back overseas as well, so bear with me.
Here’s just a quick little story while you’re waiting: I left Syria for a trip to Moscow before coming home. I was curious if there’d be any culture shock after having been in the Axis of Kibbe for so long. Not really. And suprisingly, my Russian (though still woefully inadequate) was good enough to get me around town and asking for things when I needed them. Stupidly, but humorously, the one funny moment was taxiing into Dulles on the tram thing that takes you to the gate if you were on a prop plane. I saw an electric socket on the wall and couldn’t help but think how weird it looked compared to what I was used to seeing.
Dumb American.
