Radisson Blu Don Hotel, Rostov on Don
Travel Blogs from Rostov-on-Don
An in-transit report
... compartments down, who says he is an actor singer in musical theatre but struck me as much too tubby for that, offering fish and salad I fared pretty well. The senior air force guy called his daughter, aged 11, to tell her he was with an englishman and insisted on putting my phone number in his phone, so I may get some odd calls from his daughter.! And I managed to get some sleep. But it gets pretty hot and sticky in those spaces with four people in them. And I have the same ...
You have little present for me?? Maybe bottle?
... So I could look at him with a straight face and say no. Then he asks if I have "a little present for me, maybe small bottle of liquor, or beer"...and I tell him no. So he starts rummaging again through our car. Then I remember I have a bottle of Romanian beer sitting in the back food tray. So I grab that and offer it to him. Now this bottle of beer has been sitting ...
Baba Olya
I work with homeless people. Baba Olya died this week. We saw her a week ago Friday, she had been beat up real bad and she didn't want to move from the pipes where she was laying. Those pipes were burning her but she still would not move. She was really depressed and hopeless. Was there ...
Back to Russia...
I have just made it back to Russia. I had a 3 month break in the middle because my passport was stolen by a Russian police officer. I strongly advise that if you can help if, to never have to travel on an emergency passport - not fun! I love Rostov on Don. I love Russia. It is great to be back. I live in my own apartment this time. Which makes life easier ...
ILLEGAL ENTRY #6 (RUSSIA TO UKRAINE)
... of my passport and stomped it into the snow. I got rid of anything else that could connect me to having been in Russia. At four-thirty a.m., my path led me into a large village which I couldn't avoid. I tried not to get the local dogs barking, but I wasn't too successful. The small houses were sleeping, though; I felt safe. The license plates on the cars suggested I was still in Russia. I walked through this beautiful ...