Russia 1997 Romance Blooms
Never drink at high altitude! Flying back from Russia and leaving Elena & Kirill behind was a tough decision but I really had no choice it was not my decision to make. We had to be calm and wait for […]
Never drink at high altitude! Flying back from Russia and leaving Elena & Kirill behind was a tough decision but I really had no choice it was not my decision to make. We had to be calm and wait for […]
Homeward bound – “Leaving Elena behind was the hardest decision in my life” Our time in Chelyabinsk was great, meeting with Elena’s grandparents and sisters what I needed to do on this journey to complete the picture that Elena had illustrated so well in […]
Culture; it’s not always east to describe someone’s culture. Sure it’s easy to stereotype a group of people and generalise about a certain race. but how many people real get the “cultural thing” when it comes to travel. I grew up never really understanding culture on an […]
Finally we arrived in Moscow. Since we have a connecting flight from here to Elena’s home city of Chelyabinsk we thought we would spend a few hours on the Historic Red Square in the heart of Moscow. As our flight from Berlin landed at 3am […]
I know this guy in Russia. We call him Uncle; the younger brother of my wife’s grandmother by 14 years. An amazing guy whose life story is interesting. I want to share a little glimpse into what happened to him […]
I came through a cliche type of divorce in 1994, you know the type where you think you win but financially & emotionally you loose. I thought that by working hard I might be able to “get on top” again. I found […]
People ask how we met. So here’s a little about us. Back in the Early 90s Russia was falling apart. the break up of the soviet union left millions of people out of work and bought the country to its […]
And we all thought the national drink of Russian people was vodka! Not so according to many local Russians who have been drinking this product for years. Kvass is a fermented beverage made from black or regular rye bread. The colour of the bread used contributes to […]
My Sister in Law, Jane had organized perfectly, a days rest in between our rafting on the Ay River and the lake visit we needed and after the events that unfolded getting our lost bags back yesterday, we needed a […]
Up the Creek with a paddle, we Raft the Ay River in Russia As I’m the foreigner here my family made a full two week itinerary for Elena and myself as they didn’t want me to get bored. I have […]