Posted in Journal, tagged Baku, Belarus, diplomat, embassy, persona non grata, PNG, politics on April 30, 2008 | 11 Comments »
It’s been a whirlwind kind of day. Overcast, cold and windy here in Belarus with this news coming this afternoon.
Looks like it’s official now! We’ll be heading for a new destination in the very near future, possibly Baku, Azerbaijan.
Not really crazy about that, but hey, at least I’ll be able to speak Russian and continue [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged easter monday, Minsk, orthodox church on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was a Holiday for Orthodox Easter Monday. I had lunch with some friends and then spent the rest of the afternoon photographing various churches around Minsk. Here are a few of the better pictures of the day.
This is an old Russian Orthodox Church near the Old Town and Town Hall. The church is called Cathedral [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged food, meme on April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was tagged bytransplantingme for the so here are my responses.
1. What food do you consider the best “date” food? In other words, what meal or food item do you think is sexiest to eat in the company of someone you would like to look sexy around? I have had some of my best dates [...]
Posted in Journal, Purls of Wisdom, Uncategorized, tagged Belarus, friendship, HSKS, LYS, moving, politics, Russian language on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s Friday, but there’s no game night tonight. There’s no one left to have game night with. Olga did come by tonight to bring some chocolate and to say goodbye. She’s leaving for vacation tomorrow and I most likely will not see her again.
It’s funny, I never anticipated how I would react to saying goodbye [...]
Posted in Journal, tagged Belarus, island of tears, memorial, Minsk, park, puskin, statues, tourist on April 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I finally got the appropriate drivers installed and was able to get the pictures from my camera! When my computer died many of my pictures were lost so I’m really thankful that I still had the pictures from Germany on my camera. I can’t remember when the last time I backed up my photo files [...]
This is a picture (ok, so the picture isn’t cooperating me tonight, so there is no picture to insert right now…maybe tomorrow) of the flowers just through the front gate of the embassy. This picture was taken earlier in the week by one of my co-workers. The weather has been to cold for the tulips [...]
