It really hit me Today: I am Lucky to Live in Russia…

You give Google that title and you will not find anyone saying that, but I do mean it and will say it. I hope that you can say that about where you live?

I realize that I am about a month away from 5 years here in Russia. I have seen a lot but we have just scratched the surface of traveling Russia. I have learned that Russia is not what you are being told. In fact the description that Google sees on Windows to Russia is: Don’t let the Western Propaganda alarm you about Russia, because Russia is more advantageous than you are told…

I tried to change that description to what is visible in the header on  Windows to Russia. Three months and Google never changed from the statement above. I went back to that statement above as the permanent description.  I like my cup of chicory and Russia saying but Google did not… 🙂

That seems strange and I have heard about Google doing what it wants. It sees what links it wants to, it sees what description it wants to and it will do any number of things that it wants to at its discretion. Why Google even tells you that just because you put a no-follow does not mean it will be no-follow…

I realized today that I like that description and Google was right in not giving up on it. It just fits the way the Western world looks at Russia…

But back to, I am lucky to live in Russia!

I smiled today after getting some e-mails from America. They were the same old same old. They always point out something that is just as common in America but they are not able to see that from their little protected spot on earth. I find that I have been blessed by leaving that Western world behind. As Sveta and I hit the road and take off for the village. We will encounter a wonderful world of crazy drivers, roads that look like a exploded mine fields and finally byways that become a dirt trail. We make our travels in a Volga, with our dog Boza and stop at a McDonald’s for a breakfast…

How does it get any better? For us it just does not get any better…

Kyle and Sveta
Windows to Russia!

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