Yes, you heard me correctly - the season of parties. What am I implying? I think you know. The Russian New Year is coming. How is this different you ask? Are you kidding? This is like the best party of the whole year.
Since Soviet times when Christmas was banned due to it being a religious [...]
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The Season of Parties
Never Ever Take a Vacation with Family or Friends
Traveled to Germany last week and stayed with some old friends. They made some plans to see some things while we were there. While it was nice to see them, we really learned a lot about them that I wished I had known before the trip…
On Sunday, we were all talking and they promised to [...]
Learn Some Russian
Words and phrases of everyday use
English Russian (transliteration)
Hello! — Zd’rastvuyte (formal)
Hi! — Priviet! (informal)
Goodbye! — Da svi’daniya (formal)
Bye! — Pa ‘ka! (informal)
Good morning — Dobroye utro
Good afternoon — Dobryi vecher
Good evening — Dobryi vecher
Good night — Spokoinoi nochi
Yes — Da
No — Nyet
Thank you — Spa’siba
Thank you very much — Bol’shoye spa’siba
You’re welcome — Pa’zhalsta
Please — [...]
Beer Rescue
Well, I don’t know how I missed this one! Apparently back in January 2004, Russian troops rescued 10 tons of beer… Sounds like this was an important mission. Apparently while trying to cross the frozen Irtysh river, near the Siberian city of Omsk, the truck sank. The two drivers were able to escape, but lost [...]
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 in [...]
