Moscow has gone out of its way to celebrate the festive season this year. The New Year decorations were hung in early November, long before any Christmas illuminations were to be lit in the centre of ...
Last week I finally guided my first excursion in English for two intrepid French ladies. Instead of the regular 2,5 hours we walked for the whole four! Ivan’s Hill is a historic district within one ki...
The new year has finally come, and I wish all of us happiness, joy, health and wealth, love and peace....
I hope this will be a good one for all of us. The Russian Orthodox Nativity will be on January 7th, but I’m happy to send the greetings to all of you who celebrate Christmas today. By the way, while I...
It is this season again when I’m going to add lovely photos of Christmas trees and different wintery pictures to the posts. I’m planning to share some transactions of Russian texts about winter holida...
Today I observed something curious. We’re told by diverse and sundry experts that we ourselves should take priority in our own life. Indeed, whose life is it, anyway? Yet when it comes to practicing w...
This Monument to the Conquerors of Space is situated close to VDNKh metro station. I always enjoy its graceful silhouette on my way to and back from filming. The Ostankino TV tower always lurks in the...
My new feature is dedicated to various notes made in the month of October. In Russia this is always the month when trees finally turn yellow and red, and the sun sheds its previous amber light in all ...
I’m going through a stage when I produce copious amount of writing. The topics encompass history, literature studies, copywriting, geography, psychology, arts, and perhaps another two, travel is certa...
Summer was extraordinary this year. It was scorching hot yet calm. I spent some days sleeping in the afternoon for it was absolutely impossible to do any work. And much work I did! Alas, I didn’t do a...