----------Watching Movies in the Complex Theater----
We were invited by our neighbors to watch movies in the complex theater. So off we went. Although the movies were Russian, we took note of some of the words we had just learnt mixing with the children. But yet the movies were all a mystery, very difficult to catch the themes behind the stories and when they ended, at least I was more perplexed than ever.
We did not go regularly to watch but only once in a while. Evening times for us were supposed to be for studying, yet our dear Dad let us go sometimes for fun and recreation.
Russian families took plastic chairs with them along with blankets and put the blankets in folds on the chairs and then sat on top of them. It seemed a bit weird to us at first but it all became clear to us after we attempted to watch the first movie. They were usually two to three hour long movies and our backs ached while sitting on the wooden benches. It explained everything the way the Russians knew how to make them comfortable while watching the movies.
We saw the English versions of some of the movies on TV after we returned to our country but it was a different kind of bliss watching these then mysterious movies along with those families. They will remain as terrific memories for all ages to come.