Like nomads, but with more stuff

 

The first 3 days of our 5 day weekend were largely consumed with chores. There were too many things that absolutely had to be done before I...

A couple of weeks ago we had what was for us a crazy busy weekend. On Saturday, one of our Consulate colleagues performed in a cello conc...

[Editor's note: this event took place 2, maybe 3 years ago. I edited the post to add labels. Somehow it re-posted as of today. Love tec...

It is well known to people who have ever tried to speak Russian to a Russian that they are very particular about how their language is spok...

Last week Terry had training in Portugal. He did this: Some beautiful building on the water  Some beautiful monument on the water ...

We don't have actual orders yet so this is only proposed/theoretical. But the real day will be within days of the one we're aiming ...

If I were allowed to put up photos all willy-nilly I'd share what Terry got for me before jetting off to Sweden, but you'll just ha...

Awesomness is the 5 year old helping the 3 year old learn his Russian poem for his school performance next week. She already has it memoriz...

This year we have a membership to the Russian Museum. Between its physical convenience (30 minutes walking, or 25 minutes by metro/walking)...

More than a year after hearing rave reviews of this place, we FINALLY ventured down to the south side of town to see the miniature Russia...

We have recently started what I hope will be a monthly tradition, at least while I am still not working and the kids are still in preschoo...

In the regular grocery stores right now, we can choose from apples, pears, oranges, and mandarins. And some globe grapes that aren't wo...

Both kids have been talking about skating lately. This is due partly to the partial thaw then re-freeze of the city a few weeks ago, which ...

Our last "big thing" for the long week was a trip to the puppet show with a friend. The show was a riff off The Nutcracker, with ...

There's an annual Christmas market held off Nevsky for the weeks surrounding and including the January holiday. We went last year, but ...

The science museum in the mall is still awesome, and the kids again were entertained for the entire 2 hours we were there until everyone st...