Most every day that I have been in Perm I pass by this same Russian Orthodox Priest on my walk to campus.  Every day we exchange glances, I nod, he just looks at me kindly, and no word is ever spoken.  Tomorrow is my last day of walking to campus to I sneaked this photo so at least I will remember my silent friend.  

I wonder each day if he is wondering, like I am, what this dude is looking at!?

The walk to campus also has my now favorite benches where I sit before the seminars and get in the zone.  Today, my wonderful scholar host Tatiana photo-chronicled my daily routine, recording the deep, bright, wonderful secrets of all of the university in my "FollowTheComet" secret-coder journal (meaning, I suppose that there is  a secret-decoder from a cereal box.)  

This has been an incredible experience.