Was fantastic having Denis T. visit us this past weekend. It has been multiple years since I was last in Russia and Denis had never physically met the family. Spent some time in Alexandria and Washington DC along with just sitting and playing with the…
One of Guidewire’s customers in Russia needed some extra help for a week. I jumped at the opportunity to go help them – and revisit Russia where I had lived several years back. The visit allowed me to travel the metro (famed for its architecture)…
Watch what Russian citizens from St. Petersburg complain about in this video. (Saw this exhibit in the Mori Museum in Tokyo.)
Our GW trainer is in Moscow this week. We took him – and Bill, Natasha, and Chris – to the Kremlin. Saw the Armory museum and then all the churches. The Kremlin in winter is quite different, yet equally beautiful, as the summer sites/sounds. View…
Christmas Day (American) is just hours away. New Years is approaching in a week. Christmas Day, 7 Jan, (Russian) is around the corner. As the holiday’s approach please reflect back on your 2007. How have you impacted the world? What improvements to other’s lives have…
Worked a few hours in the AM. Chris – GW associate from the UK – has been in Moscow for a few weeks. We’ve been poor hosts and really haven’t showed him the city. Today that changed. He and I walked north to the Kremlin,…
Stas’s mom is the adviser to minister of Ecology. Inna secured us a visit atop the Moscow State University Stalin tower! What a thrill beyond words that money couldn’t buy! View images in Slideshow viewer View images in Postcard viewer View images in Album viewer…
It’s snowing. Yep, this early in the season the snow is falling. We lounge around early then take a local train to the city. Local trains are SO different from the Express! First, it is great because we stop frequently and see the villages. Second,…
Anna is a RGS associate that we work with. Her husband, herself and I had dinner a few weeks back. They are quite an interesting and lovely couple. They invited Stas and I to their Dacha in Dubna. Yep, Dubna two weekends in a row!…
Up early again to have breakfast at the hotel… Sviridov Anniversary Favorites: View images in Slideshow viewer View images in Postcard viewer View images in Album viewer Then we all traveled to the University where we watched more conference presentations and drank chai. One of…