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It was an odd place and a magic performance at the basement of the Bulgakov's museum near Patriarshie Prudy. We liked the acting of young actors and the place itself. Now we want to see more plays there. Love and hugs to all:)

Hey there, Here I am in our Udelnaya dacha sitting and writing about my 3-day trip to Cambridge CIU for 3 days with Sept 13th - the busy Big Meeting Day. It's so wet and humid in Moscow now - it's raining non-stop, but it was much better in Cambridge. Though it was drizzling sometimes in Cambridge, there were some sunny spells and the view of the river Can with its gorgeous punts (boats) with people in them and parks with flowers on either side were really impressive. The whole city, which preserves its history so carefully, made me feel envious of those who live and work there. Must be amazing! I stayed in the St. Katherine College, just in the heart of Cambridge, and I could see from the vindow an old neighbouring house wall with Virgin Mary's statue which made it so beautiful and misterious... Have a look at some pics I made there. The man next to me is Wayne, he's from Turkey, Izmir but the British

I was shocked by this awful truth about after Bolsheviks' Terror:((

This weekend, though it is grey and overcast but warm (+20), I've spent very productively. First, we went to Pavel Slobodkin's chamber music centre where we enjoyed Mozart's under Candles concert. It was really good as the musicians were young and beautiful as well as music, which they performed so well. it is at Arbat, next to Vakhtangova theatre. Second was FCE exam in the town of Dmitrov, which is one of the former centers of ancient Russ' and it is beautiful too. And the last joy was my walks with Stephan around the lake with two playgrounds. He's become so interesting and talkative. Good kid...Here are some pics I made...Love and hugs:))

This is our adorable baby-girl Yanochka.:))

Hey there, yesterday we spent the whole day in Vienna leaving from our hotel at 7am and getting back late in the evening. It was a long and pretty tiring drive across the Hungarian-Austrian border and then to Vienna but it was worth it. The city is absolutely amazing and charming. It reminded me about Barselona, with many nice cafes and typical for German counties gothic architecture. Many things in the city are connected with music and opera. In Vienna, there are also nontraditional artists with their own vision of life and its beauty, e.g. Hunderwasser and his strange forms of buildings and pictures. Vienna has many historic monuments to emperors and a famous Maria Teresia sculpture in the centre reminds about Elizaveta Petrovna who was her friend. We had no time for museums but we dropped in a St Peter's castle just in the heart of Vienna. There we enjoyed a free organ music concert. Such concerts are held every day! Amazing city! After concerts we enjoyed Austrian strudels with...

Hey there. Here we are at Tikhan Club on Balaton lake. It it a small peninsula stretching out into Balaton lake and Tikhan Club is the very southern part of it. The lake's surroundings are beautiful, yet the lake itself is shallow and not crystal clear. I guess 3 meters deep is the maximum. We swim and walk around.I enjoyed standing board with paddles to ride around our beach and place. That's all for now. Have a look at some pics we made in the village and around the place.

Hey there,Here we are at BohemiaArt Hotel, just in the centre of Budapesh. It's very hot here, above 30C and we were pleasantly surprised then started looking for cooling ourselves. The greatest event of the first day was our bus trip around the city and finally going to the concert of organ music in the St. Steven Basilika where the best performers gave an impressive concert of small and grand organs, trumpet music and opera singing. I wish I could take pics but it was forbidden. The concert was great! We loved Ave Maria song in three variants from very old to the most recent. Almost of authors of music were Italian. Have a look at some pics..Love and hugs to all...

Hey there, The late July in Moscow was pretty wet and cold. Not very sunny days make life less enjoyable in summer. Yet, Marina, Kostya,Stephan and Granny Masha got back from Anapa where they spent 2 weeks swimming in the sea. They are happy but Kostya hurt his right thumb and now he can hardly walk. Stephan has become more talkative and outgoing. He's very funny and nice. Tomorrow we're flying to Hungary and then to Balaton lake. I hope we have a good time there.Love and hugs to all of you. Look at some pics...

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Hey there, We've just returned from Belgorod where we stayed for 4 days at Belyi Gorod Hotel. It's not a bad hotel as it has been just built and has modern rooms and design. Slava arranged an ex-classmated reunion as almost all of them turned 60. The stay was nice and memorable as we visited some good places and felt the atmosphere of an old Russian(Soviet) city which is clean, neat but a bit boring. Their theatre is closed for summer and parks are very Soviet. Have a look at some pics. LOve and hugs to all:))