What a great day I had for my birthday! I had lunch at Zhivago's - a theme restaurant based on Pasternak's book - one of my all-time favourites. Actually, we had lunch in the cafe as the restaurant was closed for a private function! The food was fabulous and we had a great time.
Delicious Russian vegetable soup - Shi - with a touch of sour cream. It was fabulous.
Sunday 30 September 2007
Saturday 22 September 2007
old wooden house
I love how these old houses (cabins) look but they are all being torn down as they are ancient. There's no indoor plumbing, for example! There's actually a town in Siberia (Tomsk?) where all the buildings are made of wood. I hope to go there.
building on Pushkin Street
Yet another wonderful building. Domes seem to be all the rage and very much part of Russian architecture - at least here anyway. This beautiful building is on the corner of Pushkin and Siberia Streets - just opposite Britannia's Pushkin street office. (It could do with a lick of paint though!)
pretty building
Isn't this a fabulous old building that's been done up? As I mentioned, I love the architecture here.
statue of Lenin and the opera house
And here's another statue and beautiful view!
It was a lovely day yesterday - the sun was shining and the temperature was about 15.C. On my way to work at the Lenin branch today I stopped off to take some photos of the statue of Lenin, in front of the opera house. I was surprised to see so many references to communism in Perm. Alex said that people don't really care about them and no-one can be bothered to take them down.
It was a lovely day yesterday - the sun was shining and the temperature was about 15.C. On my way to work at the Lenin branch today I stopped off to take some photos of the statue of Lenin, in front of the opera house. I was surprised to see so many references to communism in Perm. Alex said that people don't really care about them and no-one can be bothered to take them down.
nice statue
Why Russia? One of the things I love about Perm is the amount of statues and little parks. This is a statue of Pushkin (and the park is on Sibiria Street but just before you get to Pushkin Street.)
modern building
There's a huge amount of construction going on in Perm so modern buildings like this are also part of the skyline and the cityscape.
green and white mosque
Why Russia? The architecture is amazing! This beautiful mosque is about 5 mins. walk from our house. I actually thought it was a church but found out it's a mosque.
Rafa in our flat day 1
The end of the journey! We finally got to Perm about 5pm local time - 12 hours after we had intended to arrive. Alex picked us up at the airport and took us to our flat. Having had the tour, we then walked down to the local supermarket to buy essentials (water, coffee, etc.) We said goodbye to Alex and were able to relax. Finally. The sofa is very comfortable! BTW our timezone is now London +5, NYC +10, Mexico City +11, etc.
I'll now be doing a mix of blogging on my main site "My weekly blog"
http://karensaragaches.blogspot.com/
and on this one.
I'll now be doing a mix of blogging on my main site "My weekly blog"
http://karensaragaches.blogspot.com/
and on this one.
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