Vacation

I will be out of town for a week, going to visit the Baltic States… So no new posts for awhile, but rest assured that I will be gathering plenty of material during my adventures abroad. Check back soon for exciting tales of the Baltic lands….

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Sunless Days

Today I decided to talk a nice long walk to really feel the city. It was another cold and sunless day. In fact the sun has yet to show its shiny face here in st. Petersburg since I have been back to Russia. What a sad thing. But what was really funny was how many [...]

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Liver Cutlets

So a few weeks ago Gollum tried to serve me these horrible cutlet things. They were ground beef liver with some onions in the mix. And hardly cooked. Just awful. I ate the dish, but a few hours later my stomach was pissed. I spent that entire day in the bathroom, and vowed that I [...]

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One Storey Houses

I know. You thought you couldn’t wait. The anticipation for the last two weeks has been killing you. You thought the day would never come. You thought they would never air it. You thought that you would never know such joy, such happiness. But then, on the 15th of feb, everything in your world changed, [...]

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Post Office

I went to the post office on Sunday. I know Sunday. This country is weird. Anyway, I wanted to send out some postcards and had nothing better to do. I arrived at the huge square building and immediately noticed about 30 windows to make important post transactions. But of course, being Russia, about 5 windows [...]

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An Orange to the Rescue

So dinner is always at 7. Well more like 7ish, but the point is that the time is set. Yesterday I was still recovering from my near fatal flu attack with a nice midday nap. Gollum went out for a bit, but around 4 she was home for good puttering around the house in her [...]

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