Victory Day

Yesterday was Victory day and a national holiday here in Russia.  Victory day is that day that the Russians celebrate when they pulled their troops out of Germany at the end of WWII (or as the Russians call it "The Great Patriotic War").  Just like every other country Russia credits the fact they they stopped fighting as the reason the war ended.  We missed the big parade as we had language learning (there is always next year), but we met up with some friends from church and another M from another organization working here in the city.  We were a mixture of Russians, Americans, and one person from Britain.  We spent the afternoon celebrating the beautiful weather and holiday in Gorki park (an amusement type park in the city that has rides for kids and entertainment) and played some frisbee.  There were many concerts going on throughout the city and I hadn't seen so many people on the streets.   We got a taste of how holidays are celebrated here and the different holidays that are celebrated.