In "August," how have Alyona and Sophia spent their summer vacation?

Alyona and Sophia spent their summer vacation alone together. Alyona taught Sophia how to do a back walkover in the parking lot behind their building. In July, they took the bus to the municipal zoo. Some days their mother left money in the morning before work, and they would go to the cinema and split a banana and chocolate crepe afterward. Most days, though, they hung around the city watching the rain clouds gather and the sunlight stretch out.