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 [...]
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Russian Stereotypes
The way of life in Russia is very simple. Russians love to eat black bread with salted herring and drink vodka. The Russian mafia is in charge of everything. Russian women are the most beautiful in the world. The sub-zero cold winters are impossible to survive. The university professors have to sell matryoshkas to foreigners [...]
What to do while in Russia?
Tough question. First and foremost, you are there to meet a lovely lady. But what about filling in the gaps? Well, the first time I went to Russia, my soon to be wife arranged to meet me in Moscow and we spent a couple days there before going to Ekaterinburg. While in Moscow, we stayed [...]
Behind the Iron Curtain
When I grew up in the 70′s and 80′s, Walter Cronkite always talked about the “Cold War”, the Communists, the East Germans and the Soviet Union. They were all our enemies. Our military trained almost exclusively for conventional, nuclear and biological war with the Soviet Union. I served in the US Army from 1985 – [...]
Dating
Ah yes, you’ve been wondering when I’ll hit on actually dating a Russian woman. Well, here is the first of many articles to come. Once you marry a Russian woman, you meet your wife’s Russian friends and their husbands. The first question you always ask is “How did you meet your wife?” This can open [...]
