Usually, city names sound similar in different languages. Berlin, London, and Delhi sound almost the same in German, English, or Russian. So when we decided to visit Breslau during the autumn school holidays, I was surprised to learn that this name exists only in German — in English, Polish, and Russian it’s called Wrocław.
I remember back in school, I often borrowed books and CDs with music from my classmates. In 7th grade, one of those CDs was the Navigator album by BG. At that time, there was no Spotify to suggest similar music after the album ended, so I listened to this Boris Grebenshikov album about fifty times. […]
I’ve loved Asian cuisine for many years, and recently, the nearby Aldi had an “Asia Week” with a huge selection of ingredients for Asian cooking. The best part? They were selling a wok frying pan! So I spent about 100 euros on the wok, various sauces, different types of noodles, vegetables, and seafood. With all […]
After the last short vacation in April and ccol weather in Germany I literaly counted days till beach vacation. This time we dicided to spend it with family from Russia and it is hard to find more appropriate lacation than Turkei. Erdogan is balancing between west and east between democracy and dictatorship and geting there […]
We arrived in Hamburg on Monday and spent five days there. As someone from the aerospace industry, I was, of course, aware of the huge Airbus plant in the city, and I couldn’t help but wonder if I could see myself living there.
Three years ago, we left our apartment in Kyiv “for a couple of days.” I didn’t know then that it was just the beginning of the bloody massacre Putin started to establish his dictatorship in Russia.
After school began, we’ve become very dependent on our son’s schedule. So, during the autumn holidays, we had no choice but to travel somewhere. We chose Cologne (Köln) as our destination, as we’ve never been to the western part of Germany, and among the remaining big cities, this one seemed to have the most entertainment […]
Since spring lamp posts in Germany became the main wearpon in ellection campain in European Parliament. Every single post had at least 1 poster, however at a crowded areas they were covered from the ground till the end of straight portion. And in July election was over and these posters started disappear. For one week […]
This month I had a chance for the first time in my life to visit Italy. We arrived in Venice and then made stops in Bolonia, Florence, and Pisa. At a glance, the difference between Italy and Germany is that there: people speak English, follow the fashion, and you can pay everywhere with the card.
The first time I’ve heard about Navalny was the article in 2010 that he demanded to punish Putin for flying BE-200 without pilot license. And I was astonisched the way he chose to undermine state propaganda. Since that time I’ve read his blog and saw how he developed from bloger and local activist to a […]
