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Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Traveling in Russia: Images of Moscow

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Just revisited Moscow in July thanks to Viking River Cruises.  Here are nine images taken there. Check them out while listening to thi...
Friday, August 14, 2015

The Quirky Museums of St. Petersburg, Russia

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After leaving the oh-so-chic Faberge , my next mission is finding the Museum of Hygiene, a Soviet-era relic that would appeal to my taste ...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

St. Petersburg Travel Tips: Museums

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Having just spent five days in St. Petersburg, Russia, I learned that there is a paucity of good travel information about the city. So, her...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Learning Foreign Languages: Russian 101

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Having just returned from my second trip to Russia, I am finding that my ability to read the language has improved vastly since I first po...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Of Ebola, Russian Airspace and the Middle East

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Well, that's an appealing headline, no? Nonetheless, if you are game to watch, here's a link to my most recent  NewsMax TV segment....
Friday, August 8, 2014

What's Up in SIberia?

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Maybe very little, if the Russians have their way. Due to the continuing strife between Ukraine and Russia, the European Union has finally p...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Learning Russian Fast-Food Style

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Now that we have covered the basic Cyrillic alphabet , let's proceed to a reading lesson. I chose to spend my one free day in Moscow ...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Learning Russian: An Olympian Feat

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I have been taking Russian for the past three weeks. Actually, full disclosure, as I am not trying to be a K-G-Beast , I took an introduc...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Soviet Style

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I don't even know if Psy could do Soviet style justice. Yes, my friends, it still exists, 20 years after the Soviet Union ceased to exi...