Welcome to a very quick roundup. 🙂 I haven’t had much time for Russian this month. My husband and I restarted our Chinese lessons on Skype, which kind of counts as Russian practice? It’s two solid hours a week of … Read More
We’ve been in Kazan for a month, and my mood has been off since we arrived. Culture shock? Homesickness? We got here, then I ran out of energy. Not exactly the greatest start to a new place. But there’s always … Read More
How to spend a weekend in Chelyabinsk, continued from Part 1. The Cat Cafe Мягкие лапки (“Soft Paws”) is an awesome place to spend the afternoon. It’s an anti-cafe, meaning you pay for the time you spend there instead of … Read More
These amazing mosaics were the first street art we tracked down after moving to Kazan. I saw them on the Instagram account of a friend’s friend. When I asked her where the mosaics were, she kindly offered to take us … Read More
Tomorrow is the first day of fall in Russia. The hot days of summer are already gone, and I am sooo happy about it! After moving cities, the month was filled with mundane tasks: unpacking boxes, buying a fridge, signing … Read More
Привет из Казани! Hello from Kazan! We moved here two weeks ago so that my husband could study for his master’s degree at nearby Innopolis University. It’s a two-year program, meaning we’ll be here for a while and have time … Read More
Every time I vow to stop paying attention to borrowed words, I see something like this: And then I start collecting words all over again.😆 So here you go, the 2021 update of loan words in Russian. Енджой! A Russian … Read More
We discovered another fairy tale park. Or maybe it’s a Soviet cartoon park? This place is hidden away in a larger park in the city’s metallurgical district. Let’s see who lives here… Ну, погоди! Meet Волк and Заяц, stars of … Read More
Summer is high season for children’s camps in Russia. Although I don’t usually work with young kids, I couldn’t escape it this time. 😂 To be fair, they were adorable. And I quickly realized that if I worked more often … Read More
How to spend a weekend in Chelyabinsk… The Кумыс Farm Кумыс – fermented mare’s milk – is a popular drink in many parts of the country. It supposedly can cure all sorts of ailments; Tolstoy and Chekov both used it … Read More