Archives for: "June 2010"
Central Market, Bauman Street
June 9th, 2010If you would like to see photos from the Central Market, Bauman Street, and Don's continuing gastronomic perambulations, click here. more »
Wednesday 2010-06-09 schedule - public
June 10th, 2010Click 'read more' to see excessive details of the day's activities. more »
Shoes
June 10th, 2010Back in the Soviet period you could tell a Russian from an American in half a heartbeat by looking at their clothes. Now about half of the clothing I see people wearing could well be worn in Europe or the States. But there is one item of clothing that… more »
Thursday 2010-06-10 schedule - public
June 11th, 2010Today for four hours I sat in on one of the Tatar language classes. Competent teacher.
At lunch one of the guys suggested we go to a Chinese restaurant he had spotted. As we approached, it became clear he was talking not about a Chinese restaurant,… more »
Strawberries
June 11th, 2010At the central market today there were quite a few people selling strawberries. Typically they were just people who set up a box on the ground and tried to sell what they had:
Russians have two words for strawberries. The first is клубника… more »
