Rude Russians…?
Once upon a time in a galaxy closer to Western Europe, I was a foreign exchange student in France, living with a host family in some burb just outside Versailles. My ability to speak French was passable, but I could understand just about everything they said to me. I’ve always suspected that maybe that was [...]
Posted at 1pm on 5/11/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: Observations, Personal, Russia, Travels | Tagged: France, French, Lenin, Medvedev, Russia, Russian, travel, Versailles | read on
Ab initio…
Well, this blog is getting started a little later than I wanted, but I was stuck in Damascus (thanks Aeroflop!) longer than I wanted and was only able to survey Moscow for a mere 36 hours before jetting back home to America. So, essentially, the trip became a komandirovka.
Briefly, Moscow did not disappoint, although with [...]
Posted at 12pm on 5/9/08 | no comments; | Filed Under: Moscow, Observations, Personal, Russia, Travels | Tagged: Russia Moscow travel Medvedev Lenin | read on
