15 August 2008
"Samara - we made it. It is actually the 16th in the morning and after about 14 hours on the афтобус. Yesterday was a good day. We went to church and we heard from only natives so that was good. We basically just packed a few things and then we headed to the bus top.

On the bus I slept as much as I could which wasn't much. Also, there was this lady that noticed us on the bus and was really loud. She made sure the whole bus knew that we were from America. Luckily, nothing bad happened because of it. I also ate my first real Russian борщ - It was good. We'll see what happens today - I'll write tonight."