Here’s a look at what I have been reading lately… Picnic at The Iron Curtain: A Memoir 1986. A Canadian woman, studying for her M.A. in London, is hit by a truck and confined to a hospital bed. Her convalescence … Read More
Welcome to Фестиваль песочных скульптур, the Chelyabinsk Sand Art Festival!🥳 This exhibit opened downtown a few weeks ago as part of the city’s 285th anniversary celebration. The sand – all eight hundred tons of it – is from the nearby … Read More
It’s real summer now, and Russia is again entering into unreasonably hot days. There’s a 35C (95F) band of weather that keeps bouncing between the Urals and European Russia. Moscow and St Petersburg just made it through an unpleasant heatwave, … Read More
My dream came true! Моя мечта сбылась! We finally visited Innopolis! 😁 What is Innopolis? “A city for your ideas.” Innopolis is a brand new Russian city. As you can imagine, building a city from scratch is a daunting task. … Read More
Last month my husband attended an event at Innopolis University, and I tagged along with him. Innopolis is a small, brand-new city 40 kilometers from Kazan. It’s an incredible place, full of self-driving cars, food delivery robots, and smart students … Read More
A sequel to 2020’s Covid vocab in Russian, in which we examined news headlines. This time, let’s take a look at billboards and signs… Phrase #1. наденьте маску = put on a mask. If you want to talk about putting … Read More
Last year I read a book about Russian moms. Although the book itself wasn’t spectacular, the chapter on school was full of interesting stuff. Schools in Russia – especially high schools – are no joke! Even understanding all the available … Read More
Tomorrow will be the first day of summer in Russia and we’ve already hit 36C (96F) here, wow!🥵 When our apartment turns into an oven, it’s hard to be productive. Language learning took a serious nosedive in the heat. Luckily … Read More
Winter is melting away here as the temps climb from -3C to +7C. Here are some photos I took before the thaw arrived… To the roundup! что интересного почитать Beautiful March 8th greetings from Russia’s Khakassia Nature Reserve. Also: в … Read More
Have you ever dreamed of visiting St Petersburg, Russia? Or moving there? Or how about moving there, exploring the city’s retro cafés and gilded museums, and then starting your very own tour company? If that sounds enticing to you, you’ll … Read More