Windows to Russia

This is Kyle from Kiev, Ukraine. I will be back this weekend around the 1st and 2nd of November. It has been a long wait but if God willing, I pick up my visa on the 31st of October and catch a train that night. 12 hours later I will be home. 🙂 I haveContinue reading Russia: I Really Wanna Say Goodbuy To Ukraine!

Hello, My wife has made it home to Russia and I am stuck in Kiev, Ukraine due to technical reasons. Somewhere around the first of the month (Nov.) I will be back in Russia. It is a long story and as soon as I get proper internet I will explain the whole story. So forContinue reading Russia: Stuck in Kiev, Ukraine!

Hello, My Sweetie (Svet) looking great as always. We have arrived at the Dead Sea! The first site of the Dead Sea Beach. Svet and I explored the Beach and found salt, salt, salt, salt, salt and more salt! The great American Tourist. First Burger King in over two years for me, first ever forContinue reading Russia: The Israel Trip 4

So after a good night sleep and a float (hard to swim) in the Dead Sea. I plan on posting an article with pictures and all. We are staying at the Garden hotel and plan on staying 3 nights here. So stay tuned for a good post tomorrow…. Kyle & Svet comments always welcome.

Hello, We have arrived in Israel just in time for Yom Kipper a very important Jewish holiday. Yom Kippur is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services on this day. Yom Kippur occurs onContinue reading Russia: The Israel Trip 2

We want to thank Blackseabrew for finding this article for us. It is a first hand account of the war that was waged on South Ossetia…. By Lira Tskhovrebova from the October 8, 2008 edition Tskhinvali, South Ossetia – In a speech before the United Nations last month, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili implored world leadersContinue reading I survived the Georgian war. Here’s what I saw.

Hello, The first day in Israel was a mixture of emotions. First off we were so tired that we had to sleep for about 13 hours. It was that stressful fighting with the airports. To make a long trip short, we flew from Moscow Russia to Zürich Switzerland. Ran (literally) across one of the biggestContinue reading Russia: The Israel Trip 1

Hello, We made it and just got up from 13 hours of sleep. I think that the jet trips are hard on people. We will have a bigger post tonight about our first day in Israel…. Gotta go get my visa done, then we play.

Around 1500 people gathered in central Moscow on Saturday to commemorate those who died during a confrontation between the Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Parliament in October 1993. It’s 15 years since the constitutional crisis almost led to civil war. Around 150 people died, including civilians as well as servicemen. Many died during clashesContinue reading Russia: Commemorate Parliament siege victims!