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Phew, I just got back. Today, we went with the history teacher to... (I think Krabe would have liked it) an archaeological dig ^^ And right in the city center :smile04: There was a 300-year-old Fortress and a Temple that was destroyed by the Bolsheviks... which they've now decided to restore. So, even though I've been to digs before (when I was 6, we went to a quarry to dig up people from the Stone Age), I was expecting something more... at least to find a few magic blades, unearth a dragon, and a mountain of gold :smile04: After a short introduction, it became clear that Dostoevsky had an epiphany in this Temple, Catherine II was somehow connected to it, so everything there is steeped in history. After that, I was still hoping to unearth the Empress and the writer and chase them around with a shovel :D or at least awaken some cosmic evil and beat it with the shovel handle)) But in reality, it turned out that we were going to dig with poor, lazy students who are just doing this to get credit in history. Most of the girls left; digging is apparently not a suitable activity for those with long nails :smile08: But whatever, I still managed to convince some to stay ^^ So, the poor archaeologists probably went crazy from boredom there all day... but for my first time, it was more or less enjoyable. We dug down to the foundation, but didn't find anything significant, just a few iron nails, charcoal, shards of glass, but it was still fun. They did talk about finding some old, worn-out boots, inscribed bricks, and other uninteresting stuff. But after a while, we decided to leave... but by the way, when we had already walked quite a distance, a girl who was the lead archaeologist ran up to me, asked my name, and put a small stone in my hand. She probably wanted me to come back :) but that's unlikely, I'm already busy. But it's a good way to spend time, at least we walked around the old city, where there are gates that grant wishes if you hop through them on one leg with your eyes closed. Of course, it's just a tourist trap, but we all held hands, including our history teacher, and hopped through :D And what I wished for, I won't say =p