Though part of my greater expedition throughout the Western Slavic lands with Mike C, I feel like I need to treat the largest murder factory in the history of man in a separate entry ( Read more... )

Wednesday ( Read more... )

DISCLAIMER: Moskva is extremely complex, and while I often omit details about my personal life and the lives of those around me in many of my accounts, you must understand that to begin to have some idea of what Moskva, Russia Concentrated, is like, you must know everything. To omit anything would be to miss the point completely, since Moskva ( Read more... )

Scott Says: This is from Myles. His trip to Prague, is perhaps, the best documented since Marco Polo ( Read more... )

Hats off to Comrade Smith, as Moskva cut gaz to Praha and Europe in general this winter to warm it's own feet, but it was still pretty cold here too. You know it's cold when you can still see your breath at the bottom of the 200-yard long escalator going into the subway. I also try to avoid wearing long underwear, but I had them on straight from ( Read more... )

I had my interview with the Caledonian School, a major TEFL outfit which also outfits its American teachers with work visas. I didn't come here to work illegally, as many TEFLers do end up doing. The interview was later that day, a great day got better. Pending the contract I am supposed to sign tomorrow, I am going to be working for a premier ( Read more... )

First, I'd like to thank all of you that made it out to the Boston and NYC bender-goodbye weekends. It meant a lot to me (as you might have heard as I slipped on a wet picnic table and fell on you, or put out my cigar on your jacket, or whatever). In a way, getting all the kids together like that made me feel like kind of jackass for leaving, but ( Read more... )