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Hi there, here I am in Moscow.  The good news is that I started working for school 1359. After all those military activities and sunctions, I have only 3 classes with just few children. But I am happy as I am busy and this is the point.  Well, we have spent 9 days in Turkey (Kemer Beldibi, Antalya). It was very good and the weather allowed us to sunbathe and swim. There were no rains and cloudy days, so it was a really good luck. We stayed there from September 30 to October 9. We even managed to meet Alla and Gena (friends living now in Holland and Moscow). They stayed in another hotel located about one hour drive from ours. Now, it is the only way people can see each other...(in the 3d country). Today is Mother Anna's Birthday! I called her couple of days ago and she sounded well. I wish she could live as long as possible. God bless you dear Mother Anna. We love you and need you!!!  Dimochka and Michael,your Mom and Granny is really dear to all of us!  Well, have a ...

Hey there, we got back from Georgia on August 15 and now we're busy doing our usual stuff. Slav is working, I'm trying to prolong my work at school 1359. However, as a result of the current sitiation in Russia (Russia-Ukrain conflict) all Cambridge exams are under sanctions, so I'm not sure I'll have my usual workload. But I hope. We also regularly go to dacha and I had an amazing outing with a friend of mine - Nina at part Zaryadie (former hotel Rossia). I also bought some good books at the Book Fair. Look at the pics. On Sept 30, we're flying to Turkey (Kemer) for a week, just to have some more sun and swim there . Hugs to all my nearest and dearest.

Hey there, We've just arrived from Georia, where we've been for almost 18 days. First we arrived in Tbilisi (via Yerevan, Armenia), then we met Olia and kids (on July 23d) and then we altogether went by car to Batumi on July 29th. In Tbilisi we travelled to Kazbegi and Tskhneti. It was nice and beautiful. In Batumi we stayed at Paragraph hotel (5star, very modern) and enjoyed their beaches with black magnetic sand, which is used as a healing remedy. We celebrated Olia's birthday in Batumi, at Paragraph hotel. But Batumi's become very Islamic - everywhere Turkish cafes and Kasinos.  Back in Tbilisi we arrived on August 8.  Then Olia with kids flew to SF (though Munich), but we stayed till August 11 at Radisson hotel. The whole trip was rather enjoyable except a few minor problems with drivers and some blocked roads near South Ossetia. In addition, our street Plekhanova has become completely Turkish, my school #32 has become a kind of sth. for films...bad news. Have a loo...

Hey there, It's 4th July but I haven't sent any posts since the end of May.... There have been a number of great events within this time.        From June 10th to June 13 we went to Dagestan, Derbent on the Kaspian Sea. It was an amazing experience and very pleasant time spent with Skav's friends Aldemir and Tanya who live there. I didn't swim in the sea as it's too shallow for swimming in this area. But the rest of our events there were exciting. Have a look at some pics: From June 22d to June 25th    Stepa and I went to Yerevan for his Cambridge exam KETs. He was very happy and loved Yerevan, which is a really beautiful and friendly city where all people speak Russian and welcome Russian visitors. Exam results will arrive in a month. A few pics are here: On July 3d we celebrated Slav's birthday. It was really good and his colleagues and students prepared a few surrises for him. It was great as all his colleagues love Slav very much. One of his post-gradu...