I also have a degree in it ( ya uchil ruski,serbski i nemetski jezik v gosudarstvom univerziteta SPB)I havent been back since around oct 2004.I still have some russian friends and was pretty fluent back then.I had a great time living there. U menya mnogo bharoshik/b vospomininanii! b..../b In March 2004 my hubby persuaded me to take a break for bvacation/b - he was absolutely sure, that the problem was in "stress", "nerves" and that I overloaded myself with work. ...