Having a child or children really is a the best thing that anyone can experience as long as they are healthy and happy. Having said that, raising a child in a country that is not your own is a challenge. Luckily, while they are small, you don't have to...

Very cold here today at -19°C . Grey and cold. I feel very depressed today. They say it may get colder. Its so cold, your face hurts. I took junior out and he cried the whole time, his face went pink. I turned round and came "home" again, where is...

Arrived here and touched down, in late August and its now December 2009. Our boy is now one years old. Born in Slovakia, first birthday in Russia and he has just turned one in his short well traveled life. How time shoots by in life. You blink your...

I did some teaching at a mega rich Russian family a few weeks ago. A driver collected me and drove me to the house outside Moscow. After some forty mins we arrived and I got out the Mercedes and was shown to a big metal front gate with security cameras...

Getting a visa for Russia is a test of endurance. I got mine from the Russian embassy in Vienna. I am not from Austria, but it was the closest place to fly to and I have friends there and in Slovakia. I had to wait in line outside the embassy to go...