Windows to Russia

I have talked about GOLOS before and now they are in trouble again! GOLOS has refused to register properly in Russia. GOLOS is considered “A Foreign Agent!” GOLOS who receives money from the USA and politically interferes in Russians politics by underhanded sneaky means and methods. Has been getting itself in hot water. GOLOS is […]

We failed big time in Iraq and now they have admitted to having failed even bigger in Afghanistan and now we are trying to fail again. We are driving off a cliff as we want to teach North Korea a lesson in who is boss… Now lets be clear about where the failure is located. […]

We stepped off the jet and found that it was -5 degrees Celsius. That is how Moscow greeted us after spending days in 20 plus degrees of wonderful weather. Nothing melted hardly at all and there is almost as much snow as when we left, on the ground. Here it is April 9th, 2013 and […]

Time to go home. The trip is over, the temp is 24 c here and by tonight the temp will be -5 c in Moscow… We have to spend today messing around and getting ready to go home. Sveta and I are gathering tidbits of food for tonight, from our last two meals. We will […]

While we did not come for fun in the sun and beach swimming. We did want to walk to the beach and look for sea shells. So we find the first misrepresentation by the system we got the tour through. The beach is two kilometers away and that is a far cry from 200 meters, […]

Mis-translations, games being played, war-mongering, stupidness, bullying and intentionally mis-leading the general public. That is what the aghast Turkey news is showing me, as I catch upon the world happenings over North Korea… Britain and the USA are leading a media assault against North Korea in an all out attempt to try to get into […]

Sveta and I had a very pleasant flight to Turkey from Moscow. The weather in Turkey is definitely spring time and the hotel is full to the brim with Russian, French and German teenagers. What a fun mix and it makes the hotel, charged with energy… We have a 1st floor with wifi room and […]

Russian love eggplant (aubergine) and you will find it in many forms in Russia at the dinner table. One of the ways that they like to use eggplant is in the form of poor mans caviar, or aubergine caviar. It is not a Russian recipe, but it is a favorite and you will find it […]

On my train trip to Ukraine I had the opportunity to talk with a man who had been a Merchant Seaman for the Soviet Union. He was born near Lake Baikal in Siberia. When he reached 17 years old he relocated to St. Petersburg. Then he completed his schooling as a merchant seaman. He also […]

This Wednesday, Sveta and I are going for a week to Turkey. We got our itinerary and for the low price of around $600 (for two people) in American dollars. We are going to spend a week in Turkey at a 4 star hotel and it includes all food and beverages. Still too cold to […]