Month: May 2011
Coffee and That Nagging Feeling…
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and noticing that over the last few months, that the main world news and press is starting to change its attitude toward America. This includes European news agencies and Eastern news definitely… I remember on one of my many past train escapades across the vast expanses of
Coffee and the Little Thinking’s in Russia Today…
Today while sipping that morning cup of coffee and enjoying the sunshine through our windows, I had lots of little thinking’s on my mind. (You know the thoughts that hang around and seem to keep popping up every few minutes.) Nothing earth shattering just persistent thoughts… Sveta and I went to a hospital yesterday and
Drug Testing in Russian Schools Begins…
Voluntary narcotic testing takes off in Russia
The Russian MLAE-2011 Expedition Sends Windows to Russia a Wonderful Email…
Dear Kyle and Svet, I have read your article about Russian expedition to the North Pole that is taking place at the moment, and saw you mention that you were looking for the diary page of the expedition. My name is Ilya Kovalev, I am the Canadian coordinator of the MLAE-2011 expedition which is currently
Driving on Propane (LPG) in Russia… (Part 3)
Driving on Propane (LPG) is great! It is hard to explain but until you drive on propane you will not totally understand. The best that I can say is that, driving on propane is smoother and cleaner. The oil virtually never gets dirty. It stays clean and almost the same color as it comes out
Coffee and Disasters and Food…
I was sipping that morning cup of coffee and realized that humans have just put a real hurt on things in this last few years or so (OK, so maybe the last thousand years or so!). What, between the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Those two escapades alone have evenhandedly
Russia Needs to Change and Correct the Visa Issues…
The rules for getting a Russian visa of any kind need to be corrected to the better not the worse like what seems to be common here in Russia… The Russian government should review its strict visa policies and take more efforts to make traveling in Russia easier in order to attract more tourists, the