Boza and I just finished a walk. We found our first garden area with bulbs coming up. I knew that flowers had to be at least starting to grow but it has been such a mud bath that we have not been able to get anywhere but the sidewalks. Today Boza and I could walk […]
Moscow city authorities are looking for investors to build a Disneyland-like park in the Russian capital, a city government official said on Monday. “We are constantly in talks with companies that would be interested in such an ambitious project,” Sergei Cheremin, head of the city government’s foreign trade department, said. Negotiations are ongoing with a […]
Over the next two weeks. I will be doing 3 or 4 articles on Propane and our car here in Russia. I will get pictures together and as much information as I can remember about the interesting issues that I ran into with propane and reinstalling the system on our car. If you remember we […]
Today in Russia that thinking that goes with a cup of coffee is centered on Auchan of Russia. Sveta and I had many things to do yesterday and one of them was a trip to Auchan. Now this particular Auchan that we go to is only about 10 km away. That means it will be […]
The iPhone is not really a seller in Russia. It has failed to generate a stir amongst the masses… Russian mobile phones’ retailers on Sunday cut off about $100 for iPhone 4 because of the low demand… In Moscow, 32GB iPhone 4s are sold for 36,900 rubles ($1,190), while 16GB iPhone 4s cost 31,900 rubles […]
Police officers have detained four suspected robbers who threw a grenade in their direction in the west of Moscow, a police spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Natalya Tolstobrova said the incident occurred early Saturday when policemen decided to check the identification papers of four Moldovan nationals inside a Lada car. “When the police officers approached the car, […]
Hello! Today Russia celebrates Palm Sunday what we call here Willow Sunday (because we don’t have palms here in Russia but Willows start blossom right at The Willow Sunday). We call it in Russian Verbnoe Voskresenie. People widely celebrate this day. And you can find a lot of beautiful “Happy Willow Sunday (S Verbnym Voskreseniem!)” […]
Moscow to close roads near cemeteries for Easter: 10:56 16/04/2011 Traffic police in Moscow will block streets near the capital’s main cemeteries as many Muscovites mark Easter by visiting the graves of loved ones.>> Windows to Russia! PS: Links to Easter Articles… http://windowstorussia.com/recipe-from-russia-very-simple-kulich_24.html http://windowstorussia.com/easter-in-russia-is-coming-2011.html Link to all of our Easter Articles on Search >>>
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