St. Petersburg

Clickity-clack. Clickity-clack. That's the sound I spent 18 hours listening to on the way to and from Saint Petersburg. Katerina and I t...

The Siege of Leningrad

From the outset of Operation Barbarossa the Wermacht held the advantage. Their tanks, Panzer IIIs and Panzer IVs, far outclassed old Soviet ...

Halloween et al.

Yesterday was Halloween and Mr. Irish and I threw a bash. There were, at one point in the evening, over 20 people crammed into our flat. It ...

After 6 Weeks...

For the past two years I have been living stressed-out, disappointed, broke and out of a suitcase. I can also add "bored" and ...

Canadian Rejection

I am a dummy with women. It doesn't matter which culture they are from, I just cannot pick up on the subtelties of female communication....

Friday English

Today is Friday. Friday's are my busiest day of the week. From 3 pm until 9:30 pm I have back-to-back classes and the strain of teaching...

The Oaf

I feel like an oaf here in Russia. This really is a country where knowledge of the language is necessary. This isn't like Korea or any o...