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Dog sled ridding weekend
... the Golden Ring of Russia. However, very few of them know of a smaller but even more interesting town of Nerekhta. Nerekhta is only 1 hour away from Kostroma by train and is a lovely town with hand-crafted wooden houses, 7 stone churches and pretty rich history. We were excited.
On a cool (-20 C or more) February Saturday morning we got off the train at Nerekhta at around 3.30 am. From there we had to the village where our accommodation ...
Time flies when you're drinking vodka
... and kicking Hitler’s ass. All the main streets were closed off for the parade and everyone who wasn’t out at their dacha planting turnips was there to watch, eat ice cream, and generally get a bit (or very) ******. The celebrations were very impressive; programmes on the telly every day (still are), new films being released in the cinema, and ceremonies all over the town to thank the veterans and also celebrate Russian glory and patriotism, though I’m ...
Stereotypes: Oh how I love to judge and generalise
... They take a lot of pride in their appearance and we hardly ever see a fat woman, which for us is quite intimidating (!), and is all part of the race to get married. Like in Britain, w e also often see young girls dressing like they’re 18 – fake eyelashes and heels on 8 year olds is pretty freaky!
Roads and driving: The roads here are very badly maintained, apparently because the last mayor spent most of the town’s money on ...
White Russia
... and half of them are gay, then there’s no hope for us!” Maybe Tatu were presenting a solution to Russian women’s problems.
From Russia with love, Charlotte x
P.S Culture shock update: we were told, as is apparently scientifically proven, that real culture shock will hit us two months in, and may come in many forms – depression, anger, illness etc – whether we’re having a good time or not. So much to look forward ...
Journey to Russia: Here we go again!
... landlady). In fact, my landlady turned out to be a landlord, and though at first this didn’t really make me feel any better, I started to relax once we got in the car, heavily weighed down by the snow which was continuing to fall. He’s about 70, a very kind old chap, and on the way to the flat he chatted to me about the weather – we were slipping and sliding around quite a lot, not good when coupled with a distinct lack of any highway code –the town and, ...
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