chat translate - I copy the link, because it is now too difficult to find it in history. Jenya has added a point to the map near Klin city (green one), there will be our first camp. - next question: when will we go? We should better do at April 30 to book the place and avoid traffic problems. - I think first of all we should understand who will be in the first group. Now just you and me are discussing the topic. I'm not shure about this date, I'd like to get from my job and prepare without hurrying. I suggest to start at the next morning. There will no be any traffic problems because we will drive out of the Moscow and all cars will stuck in Mytischi. - Then we have to move at 1-st May at 5am. There will no be traffic problems but we have to book the place. It is not so popular, but you never know. The first group will consist from you, me, Marina, maybe Vova. Two cars. - Jenya, the next Marina will join us at 90% probability. We've got a sleeping bag, but it is cold. Do you have an excess one?

The global time difference Usually we don't think about a time difference in the world, but let's take a closure look on it. Imagine, when you are going to sleep someone on the other side of the globe is waking up. Or when you are just came to your job and drinking a first cup of coffee, someone is finished his job day and is driving his car through a traffic. This difference does not matter when we don't interact with those people. But when we do, it's becomes a real problem to synchronize with each other. So am I. I usually come to my job at 8:30 MSK (GMT+3), and it is a perfect time for me to get an English lesson. But I almost cant - USA is sleeping, UK is sleeping, only Australia is awake. That is why I decided to find a teacher in Australia. :)

Long desert highways somewhere in Texas I very love car travelling. Last summer I drove 8100 km in southern Europe, and in penultimate summer I drove 8400 km in Scandinavia. So it looks very exciting to me to drive a car somewhere in Texas through a desert on a straight perfect road. There are really so cool roads, which are shown in Hollywood movies? Or maybe all of this movies were made on a single short road a mile long?) Or in other words, where do you think is the best(coolest) road in USA?

Solar eclipse viewing, or the Kuzovnikov's reflector Hi all! Now i'm prepearing for a solar eclipce view, which will have i'ts maximum phase in Moscow at 10:19 GMT. For that purpose i've make a tool, which i've called "The Kuzovnikov's reflector" (based on my second name), becose i had not found any similar device in the Internet (truly i'm shure it was invented much earlier, it's just a joke:) ). So, here is the How To inscruction: 1) get a sheet of thin paper 2) make a little hole in a center of the sheet. Threat the edges of the hole with a knife. You should then get a perfect hole with a diameter of around 1-2mm. 3) Apply a glue to the sheet, and then paste the sheet to a mirror. It's done. Now get this tool and catch a sunbeam. Then forward it to a wall. You'll get an image of the sun.

How many time do i need to transform writing engish skills to speaking skills? There is a website lingualeo.com. It says i have an upper intermediate English level, but I dont feel so. I'm an intermediate only in wrtitten English and I feel stuck when try to build sentences fast in "realtime". Hmm, need a practice. Tomorrow I'll have a job interview with a german reqruiter, i think it is going to be failed. How do you think, how many speaking time do a person like me need to rise up a verbal english level? Maybe you have some suggestions how to do it quick?

Yearly fishing holidays In Russia there is a movie called "Irony of a fortune", it is very famous movie which is played every New Year's holidays on a TV. There are many famous funny phrases and one of them is: "Every year at the December 31 me and my friends go to the sauna". So, every year at the beginning of May me and my friends go to fishing. It is a very good time for travelling: 1 and 9 May are the holidays and no one works. Plus there is an ability to get a little vacation between them and there will be more than a week of free time. We get our tents, some food, fishing equipment and drive to the selected place. It is usually some unknown place, but we have some favorites. It is a real pleasure to feel first warm air, to smell a smoke and to catch a fish, of cource :) At evenings we group together, play the guitar and sing songs. And drink a vodka, of course. I dream about it every winter, and soon i'll go there. Would you like to join us? :)

I'm on my way home Today I've left my work at about 7pm. My wife was already waiting me near the exit door. We had a little talk and decided to get some cash from the ATM in the building. I did it and returned back to her. We were going down the street, laphing and joking each other all the way. Then we visited a shopping mall, where my wife has bought new shoes. Then we've entered the subway and having single train exchange reached our station. Being left the subway, we've sat on the other train, which is not underground train, as previous is, but onground. and now I'm sitting in it, still going home, and writing this note.

A monument I've raised not built with hands... Я памятник себе воздвиг нерукотворный, К нему не зарастет народная тропа, Вознесся выше он главою непокорной Александрийского столпа. --------- My translation I've made a monument for myself, The route to which will never be forgotten, And it rises it's insubordinate head, higher then the Alexandrian Pillar. ---------- Professional translation: A monument I've raised not built with hands, And common folk shall keep the path well trodden To where it unsubdued and towering stands Higher than Alexander's Column.

skype conversation with a person having strong unusual accent Yesterday I was thinking about different accents in English language. And tried to imagine, which Russian accent would be most difficult to understand for not a native Russian speaker. I guess I found it. Any granny from Vologda region village speaks Russian so strange that even Russian sometimes doesn't understand her. Would it be interesting for a Russian learner to talk with this granny? :)Thank you, Iris, you are right. I'm talking about an old lady.