Like nomads, but with more stuff

Before we came to Russia, we got an intensive 8 week course in the language. This was followed by our 4 week home leave, in which we practic...

When my dad visited earlier this month, we took the opportunity to go try out the local amusement park - Divo Ostrov . Located on Krestovsky...

This would have been funny if it had happened to anyone other than me (OK, fine, it did happen to me and I was laughing quietly to myself a...

Terry is, thankfully, back in Spb. His one week of training in Budapest became about 4 days then an almost-no-notice trip back to the USA f...

In the last month: - Alex finished preschool until September - Zoltan started crawling like a fiend and cut 4 teeth - I got a job offer ...

After three too-short weeks back in the USA, during which we saw my "little" nephew get Bar Mitzvah'd and got three whole days...

Tavrichesky Park is where Alex and I spent most of our waking hours last summer. It closes for a month or two in spring when things get real...

We went to Yelagin for the first but far from last time with some friends last weekend. What a treat! It is a car-free park, full of trees ...

When you mention "mastitis" to a woman who has ever breastfed, it's like talking to a man about someone getting kicked in the...

I drove to get Alex from preschool the other day to see how bad it is. Took longer to drive than it normally does to walk, not a big surpris...