Archives for: "June 2012, 23"
Walking
June 23rd, 2012Since I don’t have a car here, and since I’m a complete tightwad, I end up usually taking public transport or walking. And one does a lot of walking. Here’s a summary of today’s walking, with thanks to Google Maps for being able to calculate… more »
My bachelor breakfast
June 23rd, 2012Hmph. I wanted to cook this morning, but the gas was off. So instead I had a glass of katyk, a chunk of salami, and a hunk of Adygeizski cheese, which is probably not quite so visible in the picture. more »
American plans, Russian plans
June 23rd, 2012In 2010 in Kazan at one of our student meetings, I met a Russian kid by the name of Danila. He made a good impression on me; we occasionally kept in touch by e-mail. In 2011 he came to the US on a temporary work visa to South Carolina. Although some… more »
Sabantui
June 23rd, 2012Sabantui
Danila and his mother picked me up at 11:40 a.m. They had invited me to Sabantui and to their home for the weekend. Danila had said that it was also a weekend cookout.
They picked me up at my apartment in a Hyundai Santa Fe. Nice vehicle.… more »
Feeding #2
June 23rd, 2012On the way home from Sabantui we stopped at the store for some groceries. Here's what we bought.
In the upper left and far right are some bags with fruit. Then there is a bag of dried bread slices, which are called sukharí. So what do you think… more »
