Hotel Yar Voronezh
M-4 Km 91 ( Hwy Mockow-Voronezh), Ramon District Voronezh, South Russia, 394000, Russian Federation
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Time flies when you're drinking vodka
... understand more, better than I can speak, and my writing is quicker, but am thinking a good kick up the **** is in order for the last month and a half to make the most of being here!
Probably the most adventurous thing we’ve done so far was our trip to the Caucasus at the end of March, fantastically timed alongside the bombings in Moscow and in the Caucasus. Here’s the political lowdown: the Kremlin and the Caucasus don’t get on much. ...
Stereotypes: Oh how I love to judge and generalise
... Vodka: Yes, being the ‘national alcoholic beverage’, the Russians do drink a fair amount of vodka, but they also drink whisky and cognac! As the Russians would say, when you live in such a cold country, a quick shot of vodka at lunch warms the bones. Unfortunately this has lead to a widespread problem of alcoholism, and a high rate of liver failure and heart disease, especially among men – the apartment blocks here in Voronezh are full of ...
White Russia
... t look very picturesque at the moment, though there are a few impressive buildings and monuments dotted about. The day after arriving we had a tour around town, but didn’t take any particular notice of our surroundings, instead concentrating on trying to walk on the snow and thick ice, whilst also avoiding falling icycles! It turns out that Voronezh is full of places to eat, and drinking holes, with several cinemas, bowling alleys (we’ve been, ...
Journey to Russia: Here we go again!
... to show that someone is responsible for your visit. This was probably the easiest part for us, as the university in Voronezh just forwarded them to Bath, but I imagine the organisation on the Russian side entailed quite a lot, the papers themselves looking very official, even if they were only small. Just holding it in my hand made me nervous, especially as no duplicates can be made, and so, if lost, I’d have been grounded in little England! Next: a HIV test. Whether ...
Border crossing
... hope I ask a young woman in one of the offices number 5 - who says the romance has gone out of bureaucracy - if she has one. No, and though she doesn't speak English she gets the message. Incredibly kindly she fills it in for me cavalierly crossing through the sections I had previously and labouriously entered the details of camera, cloths, money etc and merely fills in the bike details and directs me towards the next ...
