I returned from Russia this weekend. A few immediate thoughts for now, and I will have some photo evidence later.
One, gold costs so much because the Russians know all about bling--I am on Baroque palace overload, everything is covered in gold.
Two, the Russians need civil engineers who can explain the value of and proper construction of roads. Three and a half hours to travel from Moscow to Tula (about 70 miles), really that is the amount of time it took, I am not kidding.
Three, nostalgia for the communist years is alive and well, not for Lenin and Stalin, but overheard much about Nikita K. and the good he did (of course, the Russians forget that he was Stalin's hatchet man in Ukraine and probably responsible for as many as 20 million deaths).
One, gold costs so much because the Russians know all about bling--I am on Baroque palace overload, everything is covered in gold.
Two, the Russians need civil engineers who can explain the value of and proper construction of roads. Three and a half hours to travel from Moscow to Tula (about 70 miles), really that is the amount of time it took, I am not kidding.
Three, nostalgia for the communist years is alive and well, not for Lenin and Stalin, but overheard much about Nikita K. and the good he did (of course, the Russians forget that he was Stalin's hatchet man in Ukraine and probably responsible for as many as 20 million deaths).
