Where are we going????

Up until orientation, we’ll try to post every few weeks about various things you may or may not find interesting.

Many of you probably think of Siberia the way we thought of it a few years ago: A vast, cold, snowy region of the world where dog sledding is the only form of transportation. Right? Well, truth be told, a fair amount of Siberia fits that description, but there are also some big cities, especially sitting along the Transiberian Express. Novosibirsk, the city we’ll be serving in our first term, has over 1 million people. It has a Subway (both the restaurant and the underground versions), an IKEA, and a beautiful opera house among other things. Imagine a very large city in the United States without skyscrapers or interstates, and you’ll have a decent mental picture of Novosibirsk.