International Students' Day Out

this past saturday, the university took all of us foreigners hiking. after hiking, we went to the beach. it was a great day for me to just connect with other foreign students. i spent most of the day hanging out with my russian and kazak friends. they are so sweet. they even tried to teach me some russian, but i told them that i did not think i could handle learning two foreign languages at the same time!
some of my new friends

near the top of the hike

my teacher and i

shot at the beach