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Fernanda Garay is an athlete with a lot of national and international experience. One of the highlights of World Volleyball Female 2014 collects titles and places where he lived on his resume. In addition to travel with the national team, Garay has ever faced adventures by Turkey (2013-2014) and Japan (2010-2011). Now, in Russia for Dynamo Krasnodar, she lives a new situation.

The cold European country - who has scored up to -26ºC since his arrival in October this year - has made Garay live with the feeling that will always freeze. To face this "threat", she has enjoyed a major help, even to the point of being called "best friend".

"I was the best friend of the heaters. At home is on 24 hours, on the way to the gym is also connected in the car and in the gym has a heating system that makes even forget how cold it is outside. Here in Krasnodar (Russian SE) the climate is milder, when we play more to the north is the bitterly cold, "said the athlete, who also uses low temperatures for fun.

"The cold is very intense and spend a lot of time on the street, the feeling is that I will freeze, but at the same time have the opportunity to make a positive and fun experience. Everyone back to being a child and just playing along with right to snowball war and everything, "he added.

But it is not only the "best friend" making company to Fernanda Garay. To face the new culture, new language and the cold, she enlists the help of Fabiola, mate selection and who came along to Russia.

"It's not my first international experience, but it's the first time I can count on the Brazilian other help, and even more of a friend, in adaptation. We help in communicating with the Russian players, with the coaching staff and management team . I believe also in the technical part helped a lot because we already know each other well, and the fact does not need to adjust the ball to the setter very easy things, "he said.

International experience only does not help much when the language. "I knew nothing (Russian) and found that Russian is more difficult than I thought. But a good day, good night and thank you, even venture. I can communicate quiet talk in English, something in Russian and in the latter case a bit of mime, and we taking, "added the athlete.

Another ally of Olympic champion in this experiment, as well as in Japan and Turkey, is the technology to be closer to family, which was not possible at the beginning of his career.

"Internet full time (time todo0. Facetime, Skype and of course whatsapp. Every time we exchange messages. I remember my first experience away from home when I went to São Caetano (2002-2004), talking on the phone was very expensive and I I communicated with my family by letters. Today, with the advancement of internet, even though in Russia, I feel closer than it was then, I can participate more everyday family, but of course is not the same, very better to be close to the people we love, "he said.

The good news is that soon, Garay will have "the people you love" closer. His sister and mother will go to Russia to ease the distance.

"I live alone, but in the beginning I and F (Fabiola) we shared in between a house and another. Now in the beginning of December came to her family, my husband came next and soon in January comes my mother and sister. When played out had the opportunity to have a family member around, not all the time but at least two or three months, which softens a little homesick for Brazil, "he added.