Archives for: "June 2010, 09"
Meat
June 9th, 2010Here's a picture of part of the meat section at the local farmers market. The meat quality looked pretty good, but I'm sure my poor sister would have a heart attack at the lack of refrigeration and the surfaces on which the meat is kept. more »
Slick presentation
June 9th, 2010I grabbed an enormous espresso at the Kapital cafe. Nice place, despite the fact that people still smoke indoors here. The name of the place makes me snicker because "Kapital" is how the Russians translated the name of Marx's book "Das Kapital," but… more »
Lunch
June 9th, 2010And now for today's lunch:
The soup is called okroshka, which is a cold soup made from a base of kvas (bread beer, not necessarily alcoholic), which in this case also had finely chopped potato, raw cucumber, radishes, boiled egg, dill, and a dollop… more »
Tuesday 2010-06-08 schedule - public
June 9th, 2010Wow, what a day. Exhausting if excellent. After classes in the afternoon we had one of the best lectures I've ever heard in Russia in terms of lectures delivered to foreign students. It covered Russian criminal law, civil law and tax law. The… more »
Photos around Lake Kaban
June 9th, 2010The photos from my walk around Lake Kaban in downtown Kazan are here. more »
