Circus

No, I'm not talking about the home we are in, athough it must be a bit of a circus having the grandparents around for nearly a month! On Wednesday night we went to THE NOVOSIBIRSK CIRCUS. In Russia circuses are an important part of the culture. With long winters, circuses help provide entertainment through those long cold months. The major cities have an arena where circuses are held all year round. The circus in Novosibirsk is just two blocks down from Les and Debbie's apartment. It is a big round concrete building and its design reminds us of the stadium, Campin, in Bogota. The circus in Novo was closed most of the summer as the roof in a circus in a circus building in another part of Russia had collapsed earlier in the year. The circus in Novo has only just opened up again in recent days or weeks.



The first part of the program was half an hour of magic using scantily clad young women, but me being a good missionary was not supposed to even see that, let alone comment on it! I actually managed a bit of sleep during that part of the show. The second part of the program was an hour and half of mainly ponies, horses and acrobats. That was good. The kids were captivated by all that the animals and acrobats did.



Until next time!