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I didn’t take these pictures, but I wish I had.
This is a pretty standard view of our city streets these days – One of my joys in being part of an international family is introducing Olga (and now Valerie) to my home culture; today (sleepy) Valerie had her first bacon and egg breakfast. This is probably the first time she’s eaten bacon, and she [...]
We celebrated Christmas on New Year’s Day because Valerie wasn’t with us on the 25th. She’d never celebrated Christmas like this (or maybe ever), and I don’t think she’s ever opened a Christmas gift. It was great fun to watch her learn what it is to open a Christmas gift. There was a sled waiting [...]
Well, I said yesterday that I wouldn’t post pictures of Valerie every day, but some folks have asked to see more. We’ll celebrate Christmas on New Year’s Day, since Valerie wasn’t with us on the 25th. We have a tree with presents under it waiting for Saturday morning! We start with a video of Valerie [...]
Earlier this month Olga and I went to Estonia. Our good friend Anya Kazak went with us. Anya has never been out of Russia, so this was a thrilling event for her. She loves medieval history and Tallinn was a joy. It’s a very well-preserved medieval town. We really like it there. Olga and Anya [...]
Here are some great pictures of our home town –
From De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis The Alexander Railway Bridge was opened on August 30, 1880. In the end of 19th century, it was the longest bridge in Europe, 1436 meters (just under a mile long). It was also the last large bridge in Russia built from imported iron. Newspapers compared it to the Suez [...]
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Here are some fun pictures of Russia that I’ve collected over the years. You can see more fun/odd pictures from here, here, and here.
I’ve just discovered some photo editing options in my software. So, I played with a picture I took earlier this year. Here is my lovely wife in the park across the street from our flat:
In early 2008, I was offered some land and old buildings in Russia to use as a Christian Camp. This has become known as Camp Elama. For the past three summers, we’ve been fixing it up and have hosted many camps there. This fall is the first time we’re also having ‘non-summer’ camps. Hopefully we’ll [...]
