It’s really cold today. At night it was -32°C (-25.6°F), now (at 2 pm) it’s -26.4°C (-15.52°F).
Daily Life
Ausgerechnet Sibirien
Last night we watched this movie. Well, to be honest, we weren’t interested in the plot from the very beginning, but curiosity — how foreigners imagine Russia — served its purpose :)
Our attempts at shooting night sky
Vova and I are exposed to mainstream culture, that’s why last autumn we’d looked at a great number of the night sky photos and tried it ourselves. Unfortunately, our experience didn’t turn out to be very successful for a variety of reasons.
Astronomical observations
Today we were going to a planetarium to take part in astronomical observations. But unfortunately weather is not so good for admiring stars :( Too cloudy.
Biking
Have I already mentioned that we like biking? Yes, we do!
Unfortunately, most of the Russian cities don’t have any special bicycle routs that’s why people ride their bikes near the right edge of the roadway or on sidewalks.
Weekend ideas
Summer has come and it means that people prefer to spend time outdoors.
The most popular places are free beaches where people lie like seals and there isn’t enough room to swing a cat. Or the nearest forests where people all together make a fire, prepare shashlyk and listen loud music. Just imagine: 1000 squared metres (for examples), a great number of people (not enough space for everyone), but everyone considers it’s his duty to turn on his favorite music and make it louder. Usually after eating, people dump garbage in the same place.
The center of Siberia
Slight digression: Novosibirsk — the city I live in — is considered to be “the center of Siberia”, because it’s the biggest and the most populous city in Siberian region; besides it’s a transport, industrial and trade center of federal importance. As you may see, there is no bears in the street and people playing balalayka ;)
Driveways
Have you ever heard about poor road quality in Russia? Here is an example to understand the size of this problem.
I was taking a walk when I noticed THIS! The other holes in driveways that I saw in all my born days were … eh… a bit smaller ;)
Siberian weather
May, the third month of spring :)
Today is a cloudy, windy day, moreover it has been raining all day long. The weather doesn’t please. Outdoor temperature is about +7°C (44.6°F), it would be warmer in May!
Food shopping in Russia
Recently my boyfriend and I were walking along the racks in a hypermarket and I thought that it was a good chance to tell some interesting facts about Russian food shopping.