Russians have become such devoted tea drinkers that as a nation they are the third-largest consumers of tea (behind China and India). Today, Russia’s thirst for tea is satisfied by production in Georgia (which has now developed into the seventh-largest tea producing region in the world) as well as imports from China, Taiwan, India, and […]
Khychin (Хычины) is a thin flat bread made of unleavened dough with a filling of potatoes, cheese, and or meat with fresh grass type veggies (Like dill and parsley.) The dish very very old and is the type of food that can be cooked upon a large flat rock heated by a fire first and […]
One Russian man posts on Facebook: Oh, come on! I wish World Cup ends sooner. My bear is asking me everyday when he again will be allowed to walk on streets with balalayka and drink vodka from samovar publicly without scaring foreign soccer fans. pic.twitter.com/Vv1r33e2VE — E-novosibirsk (@e_novosibirsk) July 15, 2018 It is okay Bear! […]
Just thoughts for today… Need to install a couple of windows in the village home, mow the grass, tend to the garden plants and get some fresh air. Going to be warm and sunny the whole time and we can get lots done. Maybe, I can go fishing. Some river perch sound really good right […]
Ecuador is close to withdrawing asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and evicting him from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been living for six years, journalist Glenn Greenwald reported Saturday. Source: Report: Ecuador close to evicting Julian Assange from London embassy | National | heraldmailmedia.com I know right and wrong when I […]
Somewhere between when I was a little tyke playing army in the backyard with my GI Joe gun and grenades and as I write this post a whole bunch of years later; Someone decided that infinite growth through unlimited debt was the answer to all the worlds problems… It is like another ponzi scheme and […]
I have been stunned by the appearance of road drainage… This is not a common thing. Yes, Russia has drainage on a few selected big highways, but for the most part, you never see road water drainage anywhere and will encounter huge ponds to drive/walk through… But… I am seeing that the infrastructure is actually […]
Since WtR is a little guy, with huge things to say. It is easy to shut down a site like WtR. It happens and yesterday again, either through a plugin and or through a weakness in the theme of the blog, WtR was torn to pieces… You see the fact that they can mess up […]
Just some images to show you around. Svetochka has family in from Great Britain and they went traipsing around the Kremlin in Moscow. Being an American, I seem to scare the rest of the family and they do better without me around… 😉 Little known fact in America. The Russians are much more comfortable around […]
VDNKh is launching a new summer project titled “Music on the Rooftop.” Between June 17 and August 26, Muscovites and tourists will be able to listen to live music on the roof of Worker and Kolkhozwoman Pavilion. The stage and the auditorium, with comfortable chairs and cushions, are located right at the base of the […]