Why (I think) the Lada is becoming extinct
The Zhiguli, known to ignorant westerners like me as the Lada, just keeps on keeping on. Although not in overwhelming numbers any more, it is still quite possible to...
Winter in May
It may seem that Siberians harp on about the weather a bit, but I feel I have begun to understand and identify with them. The weather has so much...
Sometimes the dust just gets to me…
Krasnoyarsk really could be quite pretty. If somebody improved the drainage and then washed all the dust away. Most days I don’t particularly notice it—apart from the dusty veneer...
Stolby
Later in March, on probably the last day of beautiful fresh snow before the thaw began, N and I decided to go for a 17 km hike with some people...
Newton Park science museum
It’s really hard to provide the same schooling experience for my children as their friends back home may be getting while living in a country where they don’t speak...
What colour was that light?
I have a number of posts in the draft stage, but this may possibly be the most interesting, so I’ve decided to write it first. Sunday was International Women’s...
Fools and Roads
У России две беды – дураки и дороги “U Rossii dve bedi – duraki i dorogi” The rhyme and alliteration of this well known Russian saying don’t sound quite so good...