When Sveta and I travel there are certain things that must be done. Things that are more important than anything else. Sveta taught me these things early on and we make sure we do them. Two important traditions below… 1. After packing and getting everything ready to leave out the door on a trip, especially […]
Pakistan and India need peace. However the much quoted EU Model does not apply in the Pakistan – India context. The historical perspective, Geopolitics and national aspirations are radically divergent. The EU Model Present day European Union evolved out of old Europe. Europe for all its diversity had basic commonalities. The concept of unifying Europe […]
More and more countries are banning GMO Foods. They are bad for you to eat, bad for nature and bad for the world. That is a thought going through my head as I sip that cup of coffee this morning… For weeks now amongst all the other things happening around Russia, the subject of GMO […]
[jwplayer mediaid=”45495″] I love it and it looks some like square Dancing that I use to do when I was little. Then some of it is pretty free wheeling. We use to all gather in the barn and dance and dance and dance… No music as it looks like it was filmed before they could […]
Black Radish and Honey… (Редька с медом от кашля) 1. Look for a big black radish, they grow huge. Scrub the radish and make sure it is clean on the outside and no rot. Cut the top off a quarter of the way down, then dig a deep hole down the middle. This hole is […]
Andronikov Monastery is a former monastery on the left bank of the Yauza River in Moscow, and containing the oldest existing original building in Moscow. It is home to Andrei Rublev the most famous monk of this abbey… The story goes: In the 14th century, a very high ranking church official named Alexei found himself […]
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and was remembering the pictures that I took of one crazy looking Squirrel, a Ukraine Squirrel… Now in America you have Squirrels, but they do not have these ears. This is one wild looking Squirrel and they look like this in Russia also. These photos were taken […]
A popular Russian/Georgian/Ukraine food that most likely started in Georgia. The Chebureki consist of a thin layer of dough and a ground meat filling, then deep-fried in a skillet of real butter. I call them a meat filled turnover as they are made the same, except the filling is meat and sometimes cheese, instead of […]
I Decry Minibuses in Russia… I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about one of my articles from many years ago. The article was having issues and it was time to revamp it.It is a subject that makes my blood boil as I drive around Moscow. This article is about the real […]