Windows to Russia

I went shopping today. To get food for the flat. I left the flat with my sweety and kissed her goodbye. I walked to my favorite store that has lots of food items. I shopped and went to pay. After the girl rang all items up, I asked for two plastic bags. In Russia youContinue reading Sometimes Russians know English!!

When I came to Russia I brought my little dog. She was 18 years old, But she wanted to come. She loved to travel more than anything, and this was to be her last trip. She did it in style and loved the jet trip and she loved Russia. The hardest part was getting internationalContinue reading Sneaky the Binky…

Driving home last week, my thoughts at first were on staying alive! Why? You ask… Because Russian drivers are so different than American drivers. Russian drivers are very aggressive. They always do the wrong thing at the wrong time, according to my thinking. Yes I said according to my thinking! It dawned on me yesterday,Continue reading The Road From the Village!

The picture is typical of pictures from my childhood, They were all meant to make us scared of Russia. Which Russia to America was the Soviet Union. Once again I was drinking coffee. We have just come back from a trip from a small Russian village, The same that I have talked about in earlierContinue reading Why Americans feared the Soviet Union.

I moved to Russia and the weather changed. So everyone in Russia can blame me. I came from the Midwest of the United States. I expected it to be much cooler this far north. Not to be! I brought the Midwest weather with me. The winter was mild, The spring, non existent. The summer isContinue reading Russia is Hot!!

When I came to Russia I quit smoking. I had smoked 0ver 30 years. Its a good thing! The price of cigarettes is so cheap in Russia that I would have smoked even more. In the US I was paying 4 to 5 dollars a pack. In Russia I would only have to pay 75Continue reading I Quit Smoking When I Came to Russia…

Russia holds the world largest omelet record! Ot at least did for a few years… This is one big omelet. I think omelets are great to eat. This omelet was made of 11,000 eggs and it took 20 people in rotating shifts to cook the world’s largest omelette, which weighed more than 1,000 pounds… WindowsContinue reading Wow – I’M Hungry Russian Omelet…

Hi, I just read an article about the cost of living in Russia. It confirmed what I knew. The cost to live in Russia is more expensive than the USA. Even Gasoline. Which makes no sense. In Russia you do not have imported Fuel. In the USA almost all fuel is imported. Yet the AmericansContinue reading Cheaper to Live in America?

The current status of the KGB in the Soviet Union is somewhat unclear as there have been numerous personnel changes since the attempted coup and several announcements regarding possible reforms. In addition, the Baltic states and some of the Soviet republics have apparently initiated changes to the operation of the KGB on their territories. ThisContinue reading Soviet Union: Information on the status of the KGB since the attempted coup in August 1991…