Spring Flowers Make June Leavers
The smart ones leave before June 30 They left so fast they forgot their shoes The other night I went to dinner to celebrate a special occasion for a friend. She was getting married, turning 30, and leaving Russia. The first two, most of us do, but the last one…
Read MoreThe Provinces Are Provincial
Russia sure knows how to live in the global village A Moscow Club Toilet Guide May Day was never better! Grind that grain! The republics’ seals Life in the village The provinces of Russia, the true Russia! Moscow is no more Russia, than New York is America. OK, maybe there…
Read MoreHagia Sophia & Blue Mosque
Before Turkey, I though Russia had cool churches! The Hagia Sophia The church or the city? Beats Sophia on the outside In 537 AD, the Emperor Justinain I completed the Hagia Sophia as a testament to the power of Christianity and place Istanbul (then Constanople) had in that realm. The…
Read MoreMy Turkey Travel Companions
Ya gotta have a cool crew to travel right! Claire, Arthur, Ann Mmmm! Any trip you take might be shaped by the place and tim, but it is defined by the people you travel with or meet along the way. My trip to Istanbul was defined by three people really,…
Read MoreTurkish Lira Fun
You think you can add fast? Try math with seven zeros on each number! The Turks have a crazy money system, even crazier than Russia’s New Money. See, there are 240,000 lira to the US dollar, and falling fast. So many zeros make it hard to figure out what your…
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