Every summer United States are filled with throng of students from Eastern Europe, particularly from Russia.
Some come for adventure, some to earn money, and some for language, but all go through program “Work and Travel”.
Quite frequently they leave their homes for so long for the first time, work for the first time, and are independent for the first time in their lives.
Virginia Beach, one of the more popular towns for such journeys. Series of the hotels along the longest beach in America offer lots of work. In summer 2006 it was flooded with 3000 Russian students.
Images by Dmitry Gomberg