A Whirlwind of Russia and Amazing Times, however...No Internet

Yes, as you might have guessed, I have no internet at home. I'm sitting in an internet cafe on Nevskiy Prospect. I miss you all! My host family is amazing. They have pretty much adopted me into their family. I'm living with a 78 woman, named Tanya, whom I call "Babushka" and her 40 year old daughter who is known as Ira. They are both amazing! Babushka makes the most amazing Russian meals, which always begin with borsht, include meat, tons of vegetables (which I am SO happy about) and usually ends with fruit. Both she and Ira speak only Russian with me and I speak no English in the house! So intense lol. By the way, my Russian is much better already. My English, however is getting worse...lol. I am now attending classes at my university. They are all conducted in Russian. It's tough but the teachers all all very patient and nice, and I am improving so much. I'm taking a speaking practice class, grammar, politics/culture and language/culture class. I took a tour of the city by canal yesterday, it was GORGEOUS. St. Petersburg is amazing. The autumn is beautiful here, It has been sunny everyday/ maybe only a little cloudy on some days and it has not rained that much! Of course, later I will be telling you how dark and bitterly cold it is but for now, it is really nice. I've decided that I'm going to stay for the year by the way, I just need to do a mini-reapplication process for the next semester. I miss my family and my friends, but I do not feel homesick yet! Amazing. lol I'm surprised too. They say it's when you get sick that you really become homesick. Hopefully, that won't happen. Sorry for such a short blogpost but I have only a limited time before I need to be home for another one of Babushka's yummy dinners. Love from Russia ;)