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Posts from ‘September, 2007’

Never Let Your Passport out of Your Sight…

Something that always makes me nervous when I go to Russia is giving a total stranger my USA Passport. Yes, I did say giving your passport to a complete stranger in a foreign land. I know, I know, you’ve been taught your whole life to never let your passport out of your sight when you [...]

The Saga Continues

I’ve ordered an invitation. Found a place that offered 24 hour service for $29. Worked out pretty good, but 24 hours was really more like 36 hours. But still a good deal for fairly quick service.
Next, I put together a cover letter with information about where I’m staying, what I’m doing, how many vodka’s I [...]

Going To Moscow, Russia

I woke up this morning and my wife asked me if I wanted to go to Moscow. What? Let me wake up first…
Ok, Moscow in October should be ok shouldn’t it? I was not sure if she was really serious, but then she called her parents and confirmed with them.
So, we are off to Moscow [...]

English to Russian Translation and Visa-Versa

Something that came to mind that is very important when searching out your Russian bride is translation.
I was fortunate enough to find a Russian woman who already could read and write English and as well, speak some English (albeit a little rough). You on the other hand are gambling to hopefully get as lucky as [...]

Here we are again. Again? What?

I don’t know. The title just came to me.
Been busy designing a new web site for Red-October.net, hoping to roll it out by Halloween. Adding all kinds of new functionality and thinking about adding subscriptions for different things, like visas, marriage, who knows for sure. Nothing is finalized at this stage. In fact, if there [...]