I have only just returned from my trip to Austria, followed by two days in Lörrach where I had the great privilige of seeing Leonard Cohen on stage. I was very, very lucky in everything that day and now that I have seen the living legend live I wish to thank
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Thank you for bearing with the great big pudding's holiday chatter for so long! Here it comes: The final installment of my pictures from Russia. Enjoy!

Look who I "met" near the Museum of History:


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You liked last night's first glance at Moscow? Then get ready for the sequel...

Back at the Red Square: Grave of the Unknown Soldier


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Jump onto the night train to Moscow with me - don't fall asleep, there's much to see...

It was midnight and still not really dark outside - doesn't really get dark that time of year in Petersburg. And we were too stupid to find out that the seats could be turned over and would have been a bed. Argh. The most uncomfortable eight hours, followed by ( Read more... )

Fasten your seatbelts for a look at Tsarskoye Selo (Catherine's Palace) and Peterhof. WARNING: Heavy sarcasm included. No offence intented!

The beautiful gate to the Yard of Honour. (Yes, dear feathered friend, it is where "AR's" carriage went through and where he vomited. Couldn't take a photo of the "holy" floor though, for I was surrounded by ( Read more... )

Yes, rejoice here comes the next bunch of pictures from my highly educational trip ;)

On top of Isaak Cathedral with all those happy vertigo free tourists:


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After public demand *lol*, I will once again post a bunch of my holiday pictures. Sorry, it always takes so long till I can upload all that stuff, but I also have to dance on tables, heal the zarewitsch and rest my face in the emperess' lap from time to time.
Well, join me for the next tour de force through the Russian metropolisisis ;)

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...that a random banner generator knows my secret thoughts???

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Well, probably by scanning my user information ;)

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... after a week filled with work into the nights, lack of sleep, a close and painful encounter of my head with an iron bar, millions of calls from parents, tons of totally superfluous paperwork and in the end tears from my students realising that they might lose some friends and get an even worse form teacher after the holidays ;), finally finally ( Read more... )

As pointed out by sue over at Claudia's: Alan Rickman also got a ticket for a Cohen concert.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/an-epic-display-from-smiling-dada-of-despair-1410445.html

Lucky man - he got to see Cohen and much earlier  than I. Of course, we all knew Alan had some good taste in music and poetry. And actually, is there anybody of ( Read more... )