Archives for: "May 2010"

Travel begins!

May 27th, 2010
It has begun! The first leg of my return to Russia after being gone way too many years. To my surprise I was met at the Phoenix airport by Daniel, a participant in our program who has made us quite proud at ASU by winning a Boren scholarship. I'm… more »

Frankfurt am Main

May 28th, 2010
My plane was to depart Dulles at 10:00 last night. At 10:10 the pilot announced that a thunderstorm was passing by, and that ATC required them to sit 30 minutes till the storm passed over and eastward. We of course we're to fly out eastward. I was… more »

Frankfurt photos

May 30th, 2010
My Frankfurt photos have been uploaded here. more »

Saturday 2010-05-29 schedule - public

May 30th, 2010
Here's what happened today... more »

First impressions

May 30th, 2010
Before I say anything else, just remember I'm a product of my times. The first time I was in Russia was 1986, it was the tail end of the Evil Empire. I spent two months in Russia, and so it is that Russia that seems like the real Russia to me, and the… more »