#5_English lessons Tomorrow I am meeting with my English tutor. I looked for her in the Internet, and we met at a cafe first time. We spent about two hours speaking about a lot of things and it turned out that we have a lot in common. For instance, we both like flamenco dance (I only like it, and she dances flamenco) and preferred natures to cities. It is very important for me to be well disposed to the people I communicate often. Tomorow our fifth lesson and second face-to-face meeting. Three times we met in skype. It is very convenient for me, since I have a lot of trips.

#4_A time for a hot wine punch Yes, it is a time for a hot wine punch. It's raining today, and windy, and heavy grey clouds cover the city. This spring looks like a late autumn. In the morning was snowing... Sometime I do not understand what I do here)))) I like warm and sunny weather, but live in the cold, dumpness climate, mostly without the Sun. It is a good question. :) A month ago I was in Krasnodar (it is a city on the south of Russia). And looking at the cherry-trees being in blossom, I thought that I would like to live on the south. But my next thought was "but my city is not". There are a lot of jokes about the weather here, but all of them are not so funny. The most popular answer about the summer is "Unfortunately, I was ill (at the office/ anyone else) that day". Of couse, it is only joke, and sometimes sun comes to the city. And it becomes absolutely beautiful. But this spring makes me to leave you with my glass of wine and a thick book (in Russian))). Sunny days and warm weather to everyone!

№3_White night&music Today evening are going to be busy, and now I do not want go to bed, so I am here. Few years ago I saw "Fur: Imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus". I liked this film very much, but what really impressed me the most about it was the music of Carter Burwell. The soundtrack for this film is in my playlist since that time. A couple monthes ago I flipped through the channels in the hotel (I do not watch TV at home) and heard very beautiful music. It turned out "Twilight", and Burwell again. And I deсided to see all films with his music. Ha-ha, according to Wikipedia, he had composed the music for 84 movies since 1984! I was really surprised that his music was in "Blind side" and "A Knight's Tale" - these movies I have seen and like very much. When I told my sister that I was going to see "In Bruges", she was sure that I would not like it because usually I do not see the crimes (I cannot stand violence). But it is my favorite film now, and I can listen to its soundtrack round the clock! Do you have a favorite composer of film music?

Promise I made a promise to write here every other day. So, I have less than 20 minutes to keep my promise. The main thing (and main trouble) in writing for me is to find a theme. In my case it may takes more time than writing. So, I will not think about it a lot and describe my Monday. I woke up in a hotel at Sheremetyevo airport today. I had a business trip to a hospital in Moscow region and this hotel was very convinient to reach the hospital in the morning. I like people with whom I work there. They are urologists, and like all surgeons they have very special sence of humor. Work with them usually is easy. I spent there about eight hours and I am satisfied with the work we have done today. Then I went to the airport. But my flight was delayed for an hour due to the weather condition. It was snowing in Moscow today (Isn't it really the 20th of April today????) and we had to wait for our turn for anti-icing threament (I found a word "deicing" for this process as well - which one is more usual?). And now I am at home at last!

Intorduction Hi, everyone! My name is Liudmila, but some people find it difficulte to pronaunce, and they call me Mila. I live in St.Petersburg, and I like this city very much. I can walk around the city without any special goals for hours, and I admire it every time I go along its embankments or cross the bridges. My favorite place in the city is Palace Square. There are a lot of space (it's very unusual for the city) and all sounds are disappeared. You can see walking people, driving cars, but you hear only soft sounds, as if you were far from them. And one more special place in the city (for me)) is Vasilyevskiy Island. It is a "city in the city". I heard a joke, that you may be born, make friends, finish school, graduate from the University, work, gеt married, give birth to your children, be sick and treated at hospitals and be interred without leaving the Island. It is not true, of course, but it could be true, I think))) The Island has very special atmosphere. I cannot describe it. But I can feel it. I lodged a room in an old building on the Iseland for a couple of years. I lived not fare from an harbor, and I went there to watch on the sea)). To tell the truth, it is not a sea, it is a gulf (Gulf of Finland). And the water is cold there even in the summer. But I like thinking that "We have a sea, a real sea" (c) - it is a quatation from a cartoon about a local girl and her friends and about living in St.Petersburg, so if you learn Russian it may be fun for you to watch the cartoon. It's called after the main character "Masyanya".