Observations about cultural contrasts between Russians and Americans, Russian customs, and life for a Scottish American expatriate living in St Petersburg since year 2000.
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Including valuable information about Heating Degree Days and Ice Thickness!
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Expat Cooking... ¹ Shopping, preparing and savoring of food, motivated by expatriate nostalgia for a former time or place.... such as the American cooking he remembers when a child. ²Expatriate attempts to replicate cuisine of his host country....
Taking a blood thinner in Russia...
After surgery five years ago, my cardiologists prescribed Coumodin to help me avoid a stroke. In Russia we call Coumodin... Warfarin. Many professionals say this drug is underutilized throughout the world, and...
December Courtyard SPB
A Little Bit of Chaos…
I’m accustomed to chaotic apartment life and resulting safety issues in Russia.
When our powered failed at New Year's, we looked in the hallway to see if our neighbors had noticed. All...
A little news from the St Petersburg Curmudgeon...
We had a power failure throughout our apartment complex right before New Year's struck in. So, 2010 left us in the dark for its first hour... a sign of things to come? St Petersburg has had...
