That’s pretty cool - Julian (http://www.balticadventures.co.uk) got filmed by Reuters in a spot about their ice cricket tours. Looks fun, it’s amazing it hasn’t caught on more over here in Russia, god knows we get enough snow!

You often hear talk about the failure and corruption of the Russian justice system, or the bias/censorship of the press. The West loves jumping onto that high moral ground whenever something happens here. Take the murder of journalist Anna Politkowska or the assassination of bank head, Alexander Slesarev.

It’s been very interesting for me to watch […]

It was very sad to find out this week that an old school friend of mine, Mark Blanco, died after falling 30ft from a balcony of a flat in London. Mark was a good guy, very intelligent and driven and obviously going places with his life.

He had gone round to visit the flat of […]

I was going to write here about the extreme cold weather we have here at the moment. Even by Russian standards it’s got very cold here now, with temperature of around -25C for us. Then I got a phone call from Anna, seems her mum, Tamara got mugged out on the street. We rushed over […]

I think it’s fair to say, you have never celebrated Christmas and New Year until you have been to Russia. The skies have literally been full of fireworks for a solid month now. I had a great time on New Year with Anna […]

Well we finally took the plunge and bought a new Nissan Almera - it’s a great looking car with all mod cons, including heated seats - which are very much appreciated in -15C. It’s almost impossible to get Anna out of it and she’s looking for any excuse at the moment to go and pick […]

A friend of mine, Claire has launched her ironing web site and I promised to give her a mention here (and some link love). If you live in the Brighton or Sussex area (UK) and you need some ironing services then visit her site or give her a call on 07766 792275.

Good luck Claire!

Well Anna and I tied the knot in Suzdal, a little town in the Vladimir region. It was a dream wedding and almost went off without a hitch. That was in no small part due to the work that Anna did organising everything - she was absolutely amazing. I would also like to thank my […]