That Looks Just Like My Dom
I never could find my way around Toglatti! One small part of the factory See any similarities? Pick one, any one And not just cars either! Sometime in the 1600’s a city was founded on the shores of the Volga River, just down a bit from where I am sitting….
Read MoreRussian Adoptions by the Dozen
Aren’t those Russia kids so cute! Every time I catch a flight outta Russia, I am amazed at the number of screaming babies I share the flight with. KLM even has a waiting list for the baby carriages on its 16:30 Moscow-Amsterdam flight because so many infants are in line…
Read MoreInternet Cafes Are Everywhere
Those bits and bytes are everywhere! Today I am in Toglatti, Russia’s version of Detroit, where the AvtoVaz factory produces over 50% of the cars sold in Russia. Tomorrow I am to leave for the birthplace of Lenin, Olyanysk, but I am a little sad. After searching for the last…
Read MoreGoing 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…
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