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We’re staying with friends on the outskirts of Podgorica, Montenegro. It thought you might be interested to see one part of our morning the other day:
Here are a few videos related to my last post. Here’s the activity as we waited in line to cross the border from Russia to Latvia: Here’s part of our drive through Latvia: Driving in Poland:
Estonia is dotted with old manor houses. The other day I went for a drive to see the countryside and visit an old manor that caught my interest. This is Hõreda Manor, one of many manors that are now abandoned. The building was finished about in 1810. and was decorated inside with marks and filigranes [...]
I’ve just arrived in Estonia after a very nice drive from St. Petersburg. I took a little video while I was in No Man’s Land on the bridge between Ivangorod, Russia and Narva, Estonia. Two fortresses face one another across the Narva river: on the Russian side Ivanogorod Fortress was built in the 1490s, to [...]
Here’s a video I made last week in Montenegro. This is the road down the mountain to Risan, on the Bay of Kotor.
Here’s a bit of familiana (I don’t think that’s a word, but it’s like Americana) from a recent breakfast. Valerie thought I was going to take a picture, but she didn’t know I was making a video.
From the Moscow Diaries: Here’s one of the many that are still around and kicking, a neat little capsule of Soviet absurdity: cheesy “estrada” evenings on national TV, and the choir of the Internal Ministry. This time, they are singing “Let My People Go,” using a strange mix of Russian choral tradition and the vocal [...]
Continue reading about A Mix of Cultures — who’d a-thunk it?
A Russian policeman pulls a car over and then has to jump inside to avoid . . . a pack of wolves. The fun starts at about the 30 second mark – UPDATE: this could be a hoax; different websites say different things. . . .
There are my kind of people: They are actually Swedish, and that’s a Volvo BM Victor 2-cylinder diesel tractor. Very cool. Merry Christmas!
This very interesting video looks at the wealth and health of nations for the past 200 years. I had no idea that in 1810 the average life expectancy was 40 years (though this is surely affected by high infant mortality rates).
