Humor Multi-lingual SimonAugust 29, 20180 "I speak all languages except Greek." "Oh. So do you speak Russian." "No. Russian is Greek to...
Humor Vodka SimonAugust 28, 20180 Vodka doesn’t help you find the answer. But it does help you forgot the question. Wisdom from the vodka tasting on...
Maxims Russia (Churchill Quote) SimonAugust 25, 20180 “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston...
Humor Speed Bumps SimonAugust 24, 20180 The Russian word for “speed bump” is: "lexhashchii politseiskii." It literally means “lying down...
Russia Seeing SimonAugust 23, 20180 What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town....
Russia Stalin SimonAugust 22, 20180 “One persons death is a tragedy, but the death of a million people is a statistic.” Josef Stalin Stalin appeared...
Russia Mushrooms in Moscow SimonAugust 21, 20180 In August the people in Moscow pick wild mushrooms so this news is important.Russian Scientists recently discovered...
Maxims The Mob SimonAugust 17, 20180 The mob hates due process Photo of the Tsars family before they were killed by the...
Maxims Catherine the Great SimonAugust 10, 20180 We are going to visit Russia so I'm reading a few books that are relevant. One is Catherine the Great by Robert...
Maxims Ready for Russia, One SimonJuly 22, 20180 “To live a life is not as simple as to cross a field.” Boris Pasternak Quoted in the Zhivago...