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An English teacher living and working in Moscow, trying to learn the Russian language and disover more about Moscow culture.
tags: art, culture, daily life, ELT, TEFL
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String Theory Posted on 08/04/2013

I'm sitting in a café downstairs from head office inspecting the passport that has just been returned to me and the new visa it contains that tells me that I have to leave...   Read more
Things I learned in 2012 Posted on 02/01/2013

To read the label on the washing powder more carefully. Автомат = clean clothes, everything else = foam party.That being buried in the snow by your friends will make you ill but is...   Read more
Snow Posted on 17/12/2012

The snow has arrived. I have been waiting for it.Weeks ago as my bus crossed a railway bridge a train passed underneath. Its endless carts filled with jet black coal made the patches of...   Read more
Embrace the Chaos Posted on 07/10/2012

Today my tolerance of idiocy has been severely tested. I will never understand why some people actively reject learning.Our first day; meeting and photo-op with the Headmaster and the...   Read more
Recharged and Ready to Go Posted on 07/09/2012

Because my contract at work runs slightly out of sync with the academic year, I found myself able to carry over some of last year's holiday. Cue five lovely weeks at home in the UK...   Read more
Where's Uncle Joe? Posted on 22/06/2012

The problem with living in a place like Moscow for an extended period of time is that you begin to take for granted a lot of the cultural and historical attractions the city has to offer....   Read more
Russian Correspondence II Posted on 08/06/2012

The second letter is a little creepier.Last weekend I found myself at a bit of a loose end, so partly out of necessity for leaving the house and partly due to a craving for junk food I...   Read more
Russian Correspondence I Posted on 08/06/2012

So I know this post is a little overdue but I had been struggling to think of something to write about. I could have written about my new digs, but that involves talking about my witch of a...   Read more
I'm Only Happy When It Rains Posted on 17/04/2012

It’s Sunday the 18th of March, sometime between 2 and 3am. I'm standing with Amy at the bar in Cherdak on Kuznetsky Most ordering Mojitos. We pay with a gold credit card that...   Read more
More Cосульки!!! Posted on 09/03/2012

Kolomenskaya My building :D   Read more
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