Solidarity

Solidarity

When I was a student me and my friends went to a rock concert. One of them was heavily drunk and very soon found himself in the conflict with other guy who had his own friends. My friend was not right and I tried to persuade the other party that my friend is too drunk […]

Crypto

Crypto

This crisis seriously shaken my attitude towards financial system. Ideas that was reasonable and clear in popular books collapsed facing reality

Move to Poland

Move to Poland

After escaping Ukraine we lived in Moldova, partly in the capital Chisinau, partly in the lovely countryside, where I had chance to use wooden oven and walk a lot among the vineyards.

War

War

On Feb 24 we woke up at 5.45 because of a sudden loud noise. We had a construction work nearby and at first I thought something went wrong there. But it turned out that my country decided to attack Ukraine with no reason for it.

NY in Kyiv

NY in Kyiv

It was rather nice in Kyiv during the holidays. On New Year Eve we visited the main Christmas tree of the city on Sofiyskaya Square. Square was decorated in European style with music, fancy lights and was full of happy people. There were also food shops with sausages, mulled wine and sweets for kids.

Air Baltic – the worst

Air Baltic – the worst

Well, nowadays a trip from Moscow to Kyiv is rather challenging itself, but AirBaltic managed to turned it to a horrible journey. Let me just say that trip with four year old kid and infant took us 40 hours and you could imagine yourself how bad was experience.

Babi Yar

Babi Yar

I’m renting the apartment in Kyiv near Dorohozhychi metro station where the notorious place is located. Today I have some time to walk there in daylight. The place of the massacre during world war two is now a huge site with several monuments separated by Illienka street.

Move to Kyiv

Move to Kyiv

Some time ago I was asked how I feel about a business trip to Kyiv for a couple of months. I had nothing against it and started long negotiations. In the end, we agreed that I will spend in Ukraine entire 2022 year. My family supported this move and we started hard preparations for this […]

3rd Blood Donation

3rd Blood Donation

Before the trip to Kyev I passed all doctors and tests and was ready for the third blood donation, however, I absolutely forgot that Nov 5th is not a working day and the Sklif blood transfusion department is closed. Meanwhile, I found another three centers that work on Saturday, In two of them, were no […]

Hand-made cheese

Hand-made cheese

I thought that making cheese is something very time and efforts consuming. However, my wife presented me with a special kit with detailed instructions. It turned out that to make a fresh cheese you need about 5 minutes of active action, some milk, and a lemon.