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Late September in Moscow

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Hey there, here we are, in Moscow and at dacha, Everything is ok and the weather is quite warm - sunny and nor depressing. The 21 September was a Birthday of our Virgin Mary and after that I was examining BEC at Alibra. Now I'm at dacha and the last September week is coming. Love to all of you and want to share the beaty of the Donskoy monastery (Moscow) where I was on the big day and really enjoyed the beaty of the place... Love and hugs...

Slava's new Opel

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Hey there, We're at dacha enjoying good warm Indian autumn and bright colours of it. They say rains are coming so we have to take advantage of what it's lke now...Slava bought a brand new car Opel "Antara'. It's really grand and impressive...Have a look. Stepka started going to kindergarden and seems to like it. Kostya started working for a chain of restaurants "Yaposha" as a guard, so good news... Hope you're doing well. Love and hugs...

Proud of them!

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Hey there, The new academic year has just started. I have 4 new groups at HSE and School 1359 children for ESOL PET, FSE and CAE. Four days a week and Friday is off. It's good as I don't like long weeks and want my time flexible. Hope it'll be OK this year. The best news this week has become my unexpected chat with my ex-HSE students on Facebook. I taught them for two years and now they are in Netherland. Dima Korolev is from Podolsk, Moscow region, Julia Dornostup is from Orenburg, far away from Moscow. Now they are together with other HSE students.They are doing master's course on 'Computer Sciences'. I'm very proud of them!! Here is the script of our chat with Dima and their photo: "We have a scholarship contract, according to which we have to work in the Netherlands for three years after the graduation. Alternatively, we can enter some PhD program. As for me, the latter option seems to be a preferable one. Yes, it is a very nice experience. The uni