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Hey there, it's so beautiful a city, Nizhny Novgorod. I live in Azut hotel and enjoy a splendid view over 2 rivers - Volga and Oka. Plenty of churches everywhere! Made some pics! Hugs... http://youtu.be/ofNazJG5wxA

Hey there, here I am in Moscow. This May is very busy with many exams and some CIU stuff. I've already been at Tritec in Saratov on May 24th and now planning to go to NNovgorod and Tbilisi. I'm  looking forward to visiting my dear Mum's grave in Tbilisi as I'll have a day for that. I'll try to post most interesting pics from my visits. Love and hugs to all my nearest... Look at Kreta's cactus blooming at my dacha just out of the blue!! There is PFUR where I examined BEC yesterday too. It's Olia's alma mater:)

Hey there, here I am in Moscow.the weather is good and I love staying at dacha asuch as I can. My 1359 classes -PET3 and FCE5, are sitting exams on May 18. I'll keep my fingers crosses for them. Love to you...

Hey there, Here we stay in Sitia Beach hotel, 65km from our previous place in South Creta. This hotel is full of French and Datch people, unlike the previous hotel which was dominated by Russiana. The food and services are of top class. The only drawback is that the weather is not good- sunny but very windy and cool at times. Anyway, we play tennis and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Have a look at some pics and the video I made there. Love and hugs to all.. http://youtu.be/Tloyugp0IwI

Hey there, the last day at Almyra hotel we drove to the west, the place called Mitra. There were two small and secluded beaches with only one maditating French couple. We really enjoyed the view over the Libian Sea and the rocks. Have a look at some pics and video I made there. Last pics in red chairs were taken at the hotel before leaving for Sitia Beach Hotel on the north Creta (65km from Almyra). Love to all:) http://youtu.be/syE_wVPFkM0

Hey  there. Today is the third day of our stay in Almyra Hotel South Creta. The weather is sunny but the sea is cool and rough (19 Celcium). We rented a car Nissan Pixa and went on the first drive around. It was nice but without JPS navigator it's not very comfortable. Slava put special tariff on his iPhone to be able to use Google maps. Tomorrow we are driving to Sitia Beach just to explore if it's any better than ours. Love and hugs to all..

Hi there. We've arrived here on April 26th in the late evening. It took us 1,5 hours to reach the hotel Almyra by taxi. The place is gorgeous with mountains, blue sea, crystal clear water and sea view. The only problem is WiFi, which is available only for fee and from the hotel lobby. Slava is not happy, neither me. May be we'll change the hotel because of that. Look at some pics though. Love and hugs:))

Hey there, here I am, getting back from Izhevsk where I was on CIU assignment. First of all -  Christ is risen! It was a good one- night at-hotel trip. I enjoyed a fantastic view of their main church called Svyato-Mikhailovsky sobor and I went there to see the service and make some pics. Have a look, it's really fabulous. Love and hugs to my nearest!

Hey there, it's April 12 but still pretty cool in Moscow. Today I have my Oral Examiner F2F coordination session at Tverskaya street, BKC Ih run by Claire Burnes. It's a must for me and other OEs.  Meanwhile, I'm driving to dacha at weekends and waiting for warm spring days to come. Love and hugs to all my nearest...Look at some pics made in Moscow...

Hey there, I'm writing from Novosibirsk where I'm on CIU assignment. The city gave the impression of a very spacious place. With wide streets and many new business-like buildings in the centre. I live just here, at Hilton DoublreTree hotel. My visit is for two nights so I'll see more tomorrow. I'm also happy that Olia and Andy enjoy the new car. Yanochka also looks great on it. Love and hugs to all my nearest...

Hey there, This winter and March are unusually warm and snowless. Late March was very unusual too - on Friday it was cold (-10) and showy but Saturday and Sunday were  very warm and sunny, + 10-12C. Marina, Kostya and Stepka visited us on their new car. Tomorrow I'm leaving for Oryol for CIU assignment. Do not expet it'd be good, but who knows. Love and hugs to all my nearest..

Hey there, Here I am in Tbilisi on CIU assignment trip. It's only one- night- and-a-day trip and I was unable to enjoy Nanra, Sofa, Solomka, Natashka and Zurik's company for more than one evening but I liked seeing them and enjoyed Tbilisi's sun a lot. It's not green here and I was upset by the sight of some ugly buildings, erected by Saalashvili, at Avlabar. But Tbilisi is my nativ town and I felt this atmosphere, typical of the place. Hope to come here again. Love and hugs to all of my nearest...

Hey there, here I am in Murmansk, Kola Peninsula. I'm here on  CIU assignment and I looked at the city   from another angle as before I'd been here during Polar Night (some 4-5 years ago). So it was dark, but now it's very different and special. it's surrounded by mountains and this makes everything  look special. I liked the view of the city, but was disappointed at the fact that the fish (which Murmansk is famous for) can be bought in a shop with the strange name "O'KEY". Have a look at some pics. Love and hugs...

Hey there. today we've been to see Stasik and his family in their new flat in Maryino. it is only one bedroom flat on the 9th floor of a 10 storey block of flats. It is small but well done with fresh design and repairing, which Stas and Katya's brother have done. Looks good and they are happy there as it is their first place to start living independently. Klimka is a lovely smart boy who can say some words and is really funny. Katya is a good wife and Mom. Thanks God for them!

Hey there it was my B-day yesterday and I spent this day in a routine way - home classes then online coordination 4 CIU, but in the evening we had a glass  of champaign with Slava and I enjoyed my presents and online greetings (mostly Facebook ones). On the following day we got an e-mail from Olia with my Green Card attached, so it arrived exactly on Feb. 27, my B-Day. Another biggest present! Now we won't have problems with visas etc:)) I am really happy to finally get it! Hugs and love to all of you...have a look at the cropped card..

Hey there, I've been adapting to Moscow  time for quite a while as it's much more difficult than when you fly to the West. Now I'm fine and the problem is that I feel the lack of my HSE students and I really miss my classes. Now I have only FCE and PET classes at school 1359, but it's a big difference, they are kids...Anyway, I need to accept this situation:((. Meanwhile, the weather iin Moscow is absolutely warm and it feels like spring in the late March. Bye for now and remember me...