Going to See Mama Russia
Odd, the battle for Stalingrad was fought in Volgagrad! Ain’t Miss Kyiv Pretty? Ain’t Volgagrad ugly? Powerful, eh? All that was left. The Wall of Names I’d heard stories about her and I’d even seen pictures of her, but I really wanted to see Mother Russia for myself. Mother Russia…
Read MoreGoing to the Movies
Your seat is assigned, but you can drink a beer Tonight I went to the movies! I saw the new Lolita at the Moscow Theatre near the Moscow Zoo. The experience was quite familiar. It was a “normal” theatre and the movie was in English, with whispering in my native…
Read MoreRussian Visas
The hardest part about your trip: the VISA! June 8, 1999 The Moscow Times Dante’s Inferno in Visa Line By Daisy Sindelar Anyone who has ever wasted time wondering what form his or her eternal damnation might take has obviously never stood in a Russian visa line. These lines appear…
Read MoreEta Notebook Batteria, Durak!
The joys of finding computer parts in Russia My Office Ooo vacuume tubes! Its about that time. My laptop battery is so old and so used, that it is dying a slow and painful death. I cannot turn on my laptop without AC power anymore, and then when I do…
Read MoreFidelity is Not a Brokerage
Are you more a man with her than your wife and kids? This past week I returned to Moscow, hanging with Lidia while she studied for her ACCA accounting exams. The whole time I’ve been trying to figure out what to write about since I pretty much wrote myself out…
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