First impressions
The first days were like driving a roller coaster- it was going up and down at full speed.

Some impressions:
- University
My classes are all in in Russian, because I wanted to experience the russian education system. In the first lecture I attended here, the docent summarized some pages of a book and dictated some paragraphs that the students had to post in their booklet. To be honest I don't like that kind of teaching since there were hardly any examples and explanations. Well, probably this kind of teaching depends on the teacher.
Other classes have been labs where I had to finish some exercises on the computer- with Matlab or Labview.
Whenever the supervisor asked my some questions and I would know the answer, I couldn't express it in Russian. The words were missing and I had to answer in English :(
Whenever the supervisor asked my some questions and I would not know the answer, I claimed that I cannot express it in Russian :P

- Tomsk
The city is very nice. Maybe it is not comparable with European cities, because the traffic is quite heavy and the streets are not always in best conditions. Yet, the mixture of old Sowjet buildings and historical, wooden houses gives the city a charming face. Every once a while you find sowjet signs, like hammer  and sickle.
A lot of birch trees grow in in the parks where you can hang out. Today, example we had a BBQ in one of the parks-we: all international students and their "buddies" (Russian students who support the incomming students in all kinds of problems or just meet them in order to exchange views, experiences or just to have fun).

Birkenwäldchen

Dried Fish - for drinking beer

Bazar

Lenin

Watermelons!

 -Dormitory
The dormitory where I live is provided mostly to foreign students, because it is the best dormitory in town.  My neighbours are an Italian girl, Lucia, and a Czech girls, Milena. In the kitchen we meet all the other international students for cooking, eating and of course drinking :)

My buddy Kostja and my neighbour Lucia

Dinner!